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,... Selections from the British Poets - Էջ 143խմբագրել է - 1840Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 էջ
...Heaven first bon<, ,, . •] Or of the Eternal coetemal beam, , „ .i . May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...Bright effluence of bright essence increate : : , < Or hearest thou rather, pure ethereal stream, , . , -j Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun,... | |
| lady Dorothea Knighton - 1838 - 480 էջ
...Paradise Lost, in his celebrated invocation to light, thus sings : ' Before the sun, Before the heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the wide and formless infinite.' St. John, too, in the last chapter but one of the Revelations, describes... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 518 էջ
...since GOD is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, 5 Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st...fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of GOD, as with a mantle, didst invest JO The rising world of waters... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 էջ
...Light, offspring of Heaven first born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? Since God is light, And never but in unapproached...fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters... | |
| Antoine Jay - 1839 - 458 էջ
...Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright eftluence oi'bright essence increate. Or hear'st thon rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall...sun , Before the heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice CM"God, as with a mantle didst iuvest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and... | |
| Chauncy Hare Townshend - 1840 - 604 էջ
...Light, offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the SUD> Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 492 էջ
...Light! offspring of heaven first born ! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, — Before the heavens thou wert ; and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 556 էջ
...coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light 5 Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence...fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, — Before the heavens thou wert ; and at the voice 10 Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of... | |
| H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 էջ
...offspring of heav'n first-born.1 , ; Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam! May I express thee nnblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. (Par. Lost.) Parent of light, all -seeing sun, Prolific beam, whose rays dispense The various gifts... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 էջ
...Light, offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? en 'd vista through the trees, You silent steal; or...various voice Of rural peace : the herds, the flock Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters... | |
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