...aliull need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, iT such Descend to earth or dwell in highest heaven 1 For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep...single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal formJehovah— with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones— I pass...

...poet's expression of the active intent of his imagination : — " Urauia, I shall need Thy guidance, or greater Muse, if such Descend to earth or dwell in...worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil." Not less striking is another passage in this invocation : — " Descend, prophetic Spirit! that inspir'st...

...very quintessence of the poetical posture, when he sketched- the following outline of his Eecluse: " For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep...worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil." So sat his neighbor Wilson, when he described the stream, half-veiled in snowy vapor, which flowed...

...preface to " The Excursion," he says daringly — we fear too daringly, — " Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater muse, if such Descend to...veil. All strength — all terror — single or in hands, That ever was put forth in personal form, Jehovah with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting...

...preface to " The Excursion," he says daringly — we fear too daringly, — " Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater muse, if such Descend to...breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is hut a veil. All strength — all terror — single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal...

...though few !' So prayed, more gaining than he asked, the Bard— In holiest mood. Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Descend to...heaven ! For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep—and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength—all...

...of men. Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Desceud to earth or dwell ln highest heaven ! For I must tread on shadowy ground,...aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven uf heavens is but a vell. All strength— all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in...

...worlds To which the heaven of heavens is hut a veil, All etrength — all terror -single or in hands, That ever was put forth in personal form, Jehovah with his thunder, and the choir ГЦ' -honting ansels, and the empyreal thrones; I paes them unalarm'd!'' Has the poet, who believes...

...ask'd, the Bard, Holiest of men. Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Pescend to earth or dwell in highest heaven ! For I must tread on ihadowy ground, must sink Deep— and, aloft ascending, breathe iu worlds To which the heKven of heaveus...

...few ! ' " So prayed, more gaining than he asked, the Bard, — In holiest mood. Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Descend to...— Jehovah, — with his thunder, and the choir Of shoaling Angels, and the empyreal thrones, — I pass them unalarmed. Not Chaos, not The darkest pit...