| William Henry Milburn - American essays - 1859 - 322 pages
...poor words do I seek to tell its praise, when those of a master are ready to our purpose ? " Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate; Or hear'st thou rather, pure, ethereal stream, Whose fountain, who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 432 pages
...countenance, the tinted earth and gorgeous firmament." " Hail, holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Before the sun — Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest... | |
| John Milton - 1860 - 424 pages
...inquires of him the place of his habitation, and is directed; alights first ou Mount Niphates. HAIL, hoty Light! offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. 'Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, I Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun Before the... | |
| William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - Blind - 1860 - 384 pages
...those of a master are ready to our purpose ? " Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven, first -bora, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam ; May I express...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ; Or hear'st thou rather, pure, ethereal stream, Whose fountain, who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before... | |
| England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...itself, but thee. BEN JONSON. ' figfet. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of th' Eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblamed...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hearst thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the... | |
| John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 578 pages
...Dwelb from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! f /Or hear 'at thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain...voice ^**^ Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit... | |
| John Milton - 1862 - 366 pages
...inquires of him the place of his habitation, and is directed ; alights first on mount Niphates. j|AIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven firstborn! Or of the...at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest 10 The rising World of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless Infinite. — Thee I revisit... | |
| Joseph William Morris - 1862 - 134 pages
...the evidence it affords, of the consecrating influence of the affliction it describes. • " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven, first-born, Or of...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the... | |
| Selections - 1862 - 348 pages
...308 308 SELECTIONS OF POETRY. ADDRESS TO LIGHT. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first born ! Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam ! May I express...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the... | |
| Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1862 - 266 pages
...give us pause, if pondered fittingly " first born, tt Hail, holy light, offspring of heaven Or of tht eternal co-eternal beam ! May I express thee unblamed...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence incrcate. Or heartst thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? " " Ye nymphs... | |
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