 And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer 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...  The Spiritual Magazine - Page 2031875Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 316 pages
...unattempted ye,, in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, 0 Spirit, that dost prefer, Before all temples, th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st...first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, 20* Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : What in me is dark, Illumine... | |
 | 1833 - 688 pages
...Before ail temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, t'or thou know'st; thou from the firlt Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like satst brooding on the vast abyss ; And mad'st it pregnant. Et toi, toi qui, planant sur le sombre chaos PAR. LOIT. Où dormaient confondus... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1834 - 188 pages
...intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted, yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before...the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou knowest; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.* * And chiefly thou 0 spirit that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me— what in me is dark Illumine, what low, raise and support. — MILTON. .Father of light and life '.... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 228 pages
...didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite." " And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before...Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first JWast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...vacuas tennuemt lun wui^fttii — i^rrmus ego in patrhun,' ic. iiu unlu 7immm CaMaliam mwli devertinir Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct...first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove-like sat'st hrooding on the vast ahyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine... | |
 | John Milton - 1836 - 348 pages
...the Aonian mount, while it pursues 15 Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, 0 Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright...first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dovelike sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark, Illumine;... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 364 pages
...language is colloquial, but, rising to the invocation of the Deity, how ponderous the tones become ! " Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty...Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant," &c. Now let any man attempt to tell to another the subject of Milton's exordium... | |
 | Charles James Burton - 1836 - 328 pages
...taking also the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at his baptism into consideration (Luke iii. 22). " Thou, from the first, Wast present ; and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding o'er the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant." DR. HALES. place, with utmost fitness of terms and signification,... | |
 | 1836 - 866 pages
...rising to the invocation of the Deity, how ponderous the tones become ! " Thou from the first AVast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant," &c. Now let any man attempt to tell to another the subject of Milton's exordium... | |
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