| Thomas Dick - 1856 - 408 pàgines
...these circumstances, Milton, in his Paradise Lost, introduces the following beautiful apostrophe ' " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven first born,...thee unblamed ? since God is light. And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increatc.... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 pàgines
...of the creation, the resurrection, and the judgment, and murmured, with involuntary rapture, — " Hail, holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first born,...co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? Since God is And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright... | |
| 1856 - 796 pàgines
...to enjoy it, the passage must be read as a whole. "Hail, holy Light I ofbpring of huven firstborn. 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.... | |
| James Thomson - 1856 - 344 pàgines
...advantage to the reader be here subjoined : Hail, holy Light 1 offspring of heaven first-born, Or of th' 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.... | |
| English poetry - 1857 - 334 pàgines
...feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. MILTON ON HIS BLINDNESS. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first born,...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.... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pàgines
...most exquisitely tender and beautiful. The whole passage has been greatly admired. ADDRESS TO LIGHT. Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven first born,...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.... | |
| William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 330 pàgines
...when those of a master are ready to our purpose ? " 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... | |
| Edward Hitchcock - 1857 - 446 pàgines
...strange that man looks upon light with an awe approaching devotion, and that Milton should exclaim, — " Hail, holy light ! offspring of Heaven, first born, Or of the eternal, coeternal beam " ? I will only add, in this connection, a statement of La Place respecting attraction : " I have ascertained,"... | |
| EDWARD HITCHCOCK - 1857 - 436 pàgines
...strange that man looks upon light with an awe approaching devotion, and that Milton should exclaim, — " Hail, holy light ! offspring of Heaven, first born, Or of the eternal, coeternal beam " ? I will only add, in this connection, a statement of La Place respecting attraction : " I have ascertained,"... | |
| John Milton - 1857 - 664 pàgines
...and is directed ; alights first on Mount Niphates. HAIL, holy light ! offspring of Heaven firstborn, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light,1 And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence... | |
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