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" Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both... "
Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711 - Page 114
by John Milton - 1801
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Paradise Lost ...

John Milton - 1916 - 224 pages
...to receive Perfection from the sun's more potent ray. These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain. Nor think, though men were none,...have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, p. L. in. iv. 4 Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ! Oft in bands...
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The Hills of Contemplation: Throughts for Contemplation for Every Day of the ...

Fiona McKay - 1917 - 472 pages
...pleasing Him alone; do not seek to be known by men. St. Chrysostom. Nor think, though men were worse, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise...walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. And these with ceaseless praise His works behold. Milton. BENEDICTION, and glory, and wisdom,...
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Through Jewelled Windows; Or, Spiritualism in the Church

Frank Charles Raynor - 1920 - 128 pages
...life, the bricks and mortar, the chimney pots and tiles, the roads and hills, as Milton says : — " Millions of spiritual Creatures walk the Earth Unseen,...behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air." Let the man of spiritual...
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Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Milton

John Milton - 1923 - 332 pages
...to receive Perfection from the Sun's more potent ray. These, then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain. Nor think, though men were none,...behold Both day and night. How often, from the steep eso Of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1924 - 472 pages
...to receive Perfection from the Sun's more potent ray. These, then, though nnbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain. Nor think, though men were none,...his works behold Both day and night. How often, from th« steep 680 Of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole,...
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Among Papuan Headhunters: An Account of the Manners & Customs of the Old Fly ...

E. Baxter Riley - 1925 - 368 pages
...Hesiod, which is almost word for word the same with his third line in the following passage : — "... Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would...ceaseless praise His works behold Both day and night. How oft from the steep Of echoeing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air,...
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The Poems of John Milton: English, Latin, Greek & Italian, Volume 2

John Milton - 1925 - 450 pages
...though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise; Millions of...behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing Hill or Thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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Paradise lost

John Milton - 1926 - 412 pages
...deep of night, Shine not in vain, nor think, though men were none, Thatheav'n would want Deftators, God want praise; Millions of Spiritual Creatures walk...both when we wake, and when we sleep: All these with ceasless praise his works behold Both day and night: how of ten from the sleep Of echoing Hill or Thicket...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

1909 - 502 pages
...to receive Perfection from the Sun's more potent ray. These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain. Nor think, though men were none,...behold Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air. Sole, or responsive...
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John Milton: Introductions

John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 pages
...Psalm 24. and when he himself was instructing Eve earlier, he described the songs they both heard : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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