 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...inqnires of him the place of his habitation. He is directed by Uriel, and alights on Monnt Niphates. HAIL, holy Light ', offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, 5 Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...mid hour of night — Hast gained thy entrance, virgin wise and pure. MILTON. ADDRESS TO LIGHT. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of...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 - 1853 - 474 pages
...of his habitation, and is directed : alights first on mount Niphates. PARADISE LOST. BOOK III, HAIL, holy Light ! offspring of heaven first-born ! Or of...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... | |
 | Scotland Church of - 1853 - 804 pages
...addressed to it the sublime apostrophe beginning — " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven, first-born Of the Eternal ! co-eternal Beam ! May I express Thee...thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate." What is true of light is true of every other object. The search after the philosopher's stone and an... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...spirits uphold. FROM " PARADISE LOST." BOOK III. I Hail, holy light, offspring of heaveu first born, j Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam ! May I express...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate ! Or nearest thou, rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the... | |
 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...eternity ; dwelt then in thee, 5 Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather3 pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell...at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters3 dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 pages
...Inquires of him the place of hia habitation, and is directed : alights first on Mount Niphates. HAIL, holy Light ! offspring of heaven first-born, Or of...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or nearest thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 202 pages
...alights first on Mount Niphates. THIRD BOOK. HAIL, holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed...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... | |
 | 1833 - 632 pages
...of uncreated heat." " Hail, holy light; offspring of heaven first born ! Of the eternal co-etevnal beam. May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light,...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who can tell ? Celestial light, Shine inward,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1856 - 346 pages
...of heaven first-born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee, nnblamed ? Since God ia light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from...Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before tho heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters... | |
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HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal 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. 
