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... and between spun out the air ; And earth , self - balanced , on her centre hung . " Let there be light , ' said God ; " And forthwith light Ethereal , first of things , quintessence pure , Sprung from the deep ; and from her native ...
... and between spun out the air ; And earth , self - balanced , on her centre hung . " Let there be light , ' said God ; " And forthwith light Ethereal , first of things , quintessence pure , Sprung from the deep ; and from her native ...
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Page 152 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes : but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces ; he Whose image thou art, him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be call'd Mother of human race.
Page 60 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 82 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
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| Title | Œuvres complètes de Chateaubriand, Issue 5558, Volume 11 Œuvres complètes de Chateaubriand, François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand |
| Author | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand |
| Publisher | Garnier, 1861 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 23 Feb 2007 |
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