 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...mount Niphates. PARADISE LOST. BOOK III. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born; Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence inereate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun,... | |
 | English essays - 1810 - 206 pages
...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...thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate. MIITON. the aniwer'would be — by the perception of a dazzling glory and effulgence. Whether this... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in Hiee, Bright effluence of bright essence inereate. Or heai'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the Hcav'ns thou wert.and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...his famous apostrophe to light, " Importuosi seu jubar jequoris audire gaudes ?" resembles Milton's " Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ?" too closely to have been altogether the erFeil of chance. Casimir had designed an epic poem entitled... | |
 | Nicolas Freeman, Antoine Jay - French essays - 1812 - 442 pages
...langue, sous les yeux de mes lecteurs : Hail holy light , offspring of heav'n first-born , Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam ! May I express thee' unblam'd...essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather , pure ethereal strcam, \Vhose fountain who shall tell? before the sun , Before the heav'ns thou wert , and at the... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...Lamentation for the Loss of fits Sight. HAIL, holy Kght ! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' Eternal, coeternal beam ! May I express thee unblam'd...bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Astronomy - 1816 - 490 pages
...light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'cl ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence inereate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...Or, oi th1 Kternal, ooeternal beam ! May I express thee unblarn'd ? Since God is light, And nevtT, but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity —...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hcar'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1818 - 400 pages
...light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of tile 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 effulgence of bright essence increate. Or bearest thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...Niphatei. PARADISE LOST. BOOK III. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heav'n firet-bom ! Or of tb1 Eteraal coeternal beam May I express thee' unblam'd ? since...of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pare etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert,... | |
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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,... 
