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" Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom... "
Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ... - Page 25
1776
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The Poetical Works of John Milton with a Life of the Author: Preliminary ...

John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...from heaven, Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose voice divine Following, above the Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean...wing. The meaning, not the name, I call : for thou 5 Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but, heavenly-born, Before the hills...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 29

John Milton - 1866 - 394 pages
...Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing. The meaning, not the name, I call : for thou s Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus...converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play i0 7 old Olympus] 'cold.' Bentl.MS. 1.516.1.428.2.393. In presence of th' almighty Father, pleas'd...
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The British Poets, Volume 2

1866 - 410 pages
...from heaven, Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose voice divine Following, above th' Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean...nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st, but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd, or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse,...
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English and Hindi Religious Poetry: An Analogical Study

John A. Ramsaran - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 246 pages
...above th' Olympian Hill I soare, Above the flight of Pegasean wing. The meaning, not the Name I calhfor thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwellst, but Heav'nlie borne. Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flowd, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 72

England - 1852 - 798 pages
...Heaven, Urania— by that name If rightly Thou art called — whose voice divine Following, above the Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean...nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but, heaveuly born, Before the hills appeared, or fountain flowed, Thou with Eternal Wisdom didst converse...
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Poetry and Prophecy: The Beginnings of a Literary Tradition

James L. Kugel - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 268 pages
...from Heav'n Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose Voice divine Following, above th' Olympian Hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean...the top Of old Olympus dwell'st, but Heav'nly born . . . (7.1-7) This brief passage must epitomize a complex process that pervades the entire fabric of...
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Rejoining the Common Reader: Essays, 1962-1990

Clara Claiborne Park - Literary Collections - 1991 - 260 pages
...that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose Voice divine Following, above th' Olympian Hill I soare, Above the flight of Pegasean wing. The meaning, not...Olympus dwell'st, but Heav'nly born, Before the Hills appeared, or Fountain flow'd, Thou with Eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...that name If rightly thou art call'd. whose Voice divine Following, above th' Olympian Hill I soare, 3 Heav'nlie borne. Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow'd, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse,...
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Strange Power of Speech: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Literary Possession

Susan Eilenberg - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 302 pages
...from Heav'n Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose Voice divine Following, above th' Olympian Hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing. The meaning, not the Name I call: It had always been important in an invocation to get the name of the muse just right, and so it is...
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Summoning: Ideas of the Covenant and Interpretive Theory

Ellen Spolsky - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 292 pages
...recall a parallel echo of the same verse in Milton's invocation to Urania in Paradise Lost, Book 7: Before the Hills appear'd, or Fountain flow'd Thou...converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th'Almighty Father, pleas'd With thy Celestial Song. (7:8-12) The parallel between Samson...
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