 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...holy Light, oft spring of" Heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal cocternal beam, May I express theo unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, 6 Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 pages
...Sublimity combined. MILTON'S INVOCATION OF LIGHT. "Hail! holy Light, — offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee...never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate ! Or hear'st thou, rather, pure... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 pages
...Sublimity combined. MILTON'S INVOCATION OF LIGHT. "Hail! holy Light, — offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee...never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate ! Or hear'st thou, rather, pure... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...and is directed : Alights first on mount Niphates. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee...never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, 6 Biight effluence of bright essence increatel <• Or hear'st thou rather, pure... | |
 | James W. Powell - 1849 - 176 pages
...Hail, holy light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express the unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...refreshing* that repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. FROM " PARADISE LOST." BOOK HI. Hail, holy light, offspring of heaven first born,...never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate 1 Or hearest tliou, rather, pure etherial... | |
 | REV. WALTER COLTON - 1850 - 444 pages
...and love ; when Milton's sublime apostrophe to light rolled in solemn emphasis from his lips : — " Hail, holy Light ! offspring of Heaven, first born...never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright affluence of bright essence increate." *• TUESDAY, DEC. 16. This is beautiful... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...light, ofspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather... | |
 | Emory Elliott - 1988 - 1312 pages
...instance, a passage from Milton's Paradise Lost (3.1-6): Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. May I express thee...never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. If one were to scan this passage in... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - 1988 - 160 pages
...seeing), to exhibit himself: "May I express thee unblam'd?" And then he proceeds to the full disclosure: "since God is Light, / And never but in unapproached Light / Dwelt from Eternity, dwelt then in thee, / Bright effluence of bright essence increate" (III. 3-6). This pattern of advance,... | |
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Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream,... 
