 | Joseph William Morris - 1862 - 134 pages
...remarkable for the evidence it affords, of the consecrating influence of the affliction it describes. • " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven, first-born,...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... | |
 | 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...Bright effluence of bright essence, increate ! Or hearest 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 - 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... | |
 | William Russell - 1861 - 448 pages
...Inflection," and " Monotone," " Slow Movement," Long Pauses, Moderate Emphasis, Powerful "Expression." " Hail holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first-born,...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...desire to behold the new creation, and man whom God had placed here, inquires of him the place of his habitation, and is directed ; alights first on Mount...# Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the Sun,— Before... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. — BOOK I. HAIL ! holy light, offspring of heaven, first-born,...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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...hevens stood still amazed with his threat. 524 Passages for Translation H' 1293 ADDRESS TO LIGHT "AIL, holy light, offspring of Heaven first-born, or of...thee, bright effluence of bright essence, increate! Or hearest thou rather pure ethereal stream, whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, before the... | |
 | Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - 1864 - 372 pages
...misfortune had revealed the true meaning of light! " 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." * For a most eloquent statement of the same truth I would refer the reader to the closing chapter of... | |
 | Josiah Parsons Cooke (Jr.) - 1864 - 372 pages
...meaning of light! " Hail, holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first born ; Or of the Eternal co-«ternal beam May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light,...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate." * For a most eloquent statement of the same truth I would refer the reader to the closing chapter of... | |
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HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the 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... 
