 | 1821 - 494 pages
...near'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, "»" Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, " ""1 Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of...deep. Won from the void and formless infinite, Thee 1 revisit now!" *A prayer-meeting, conducted by Mr. Samuel Taylor, was held in New King-Street Chapel,... | |
 | 1821 - 494 pages
...essence increate. Orhear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who sball tell ? hefore the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the...waters dark and deep. Won from the void and formless inlinitc, Thee I revisit now !" *A prayer-meeting, conducted by Mr. Samuel Taylor, was held in New... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, • Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before...bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Through utter and through middle darkness borne,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 pages
...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 552 pages
...Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in Thee, Bright Effluence of bright Essence increate ! — Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal Stream ! Whose fountain...waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite."t How pathetic is the very beauty of this invocation, when we consider the feelings with... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the...bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne,... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the...deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee 1 revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn;... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...effluence of bright essence increate. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 3. Before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Ibid, LOVE. Where now he flings about his burning heat, As in a furnace some ambitious fire, Whose... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. 3. —since God is light, And—in unapproached light DtveH] From 1 John i. 5. f-ati is light, and... | |
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Eternal coeternal 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, Whose fountain... 
