 Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is...  Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal ... - Page 13by James Montgomery - 1833 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1868 - 286 pages
...for thou know'st ; What in me is dark Illumine, what is low, raise and support ; That to the hight of this great argument, I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." Crewlterne. SP (To be continued.) THE BIBLE THE WORKING MAN'S FRIEND. As I shall put... | |
 | 1842 - 514 pages
...desire to sympathize with the poet in his prayer — " That to the height of HIS great argument HE may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man." GSW THE ALBATROSS. PROUD roamer of the ocean, Bird of untiring wing, Whose playmates are the wild sea-winds,... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...madest it pregnant: what in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for Heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of hell; say first,... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That, to the height of this great argument, I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men. — Say first, for Heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of hell ;... | |
 | Henry Russell Cleveland, George Stillman Hillard - 1844 - 456 pages
...be answered — " What in me is dark Illumine ; what is low, raise and support : That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence And justify the ways of God to man." POETRY IN THE PRESENT AGE. The imaginative powers also seem to me to be inexhaustible. I am aware that... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 324 pages
...mad'st it pregnant: what iame is dark,. ' . Illumine ; what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men." CHAPTER II. A CRITICAL REVIEW OF HISTORY, FROM THE TIME OP ABRAHAM, SHOWING A MORAL... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...mad'st it pregnant ; what in me is dork Illumim-, what is low, raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God. to men.' Neither is the mere eipression of passion genins. Genius supposes strong passion.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. SATAN MUSTERING THE REllEL ANGELS." THUS Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head... | |
 | 1846 - 844 pages
...of the wickedness of his former life, invoke the aid of the HOLY SPIRIT, in order That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of GOD to man. The feeling of awe which these passages excite, is deepened as we proceed in the poem, dogmatising... | |
 | 1848 - 418 pages
...mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.' To trace the ill effects of dissension, to exhibit the general tendences of virtue... | |
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