...knees, the envied kiss to share." 2. Solemnity and Sublimity combined. MILTON'S INVOCATION OF LIGHT. "Hail! holy Light, — offspring of Heaven, first-born,...light, Dwelt from eternity, — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate ! Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose...

...knees, the envied kiss to share." 2. Solemnity and Sublimity combined. MILTON'S INVOCATION OF LIGHT. "Hail! holy Light, — offspring of Heaven, first-born,...light, Dwelt from eternity, — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright Essence increate ! Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose...

...humanity so abominably. — Shakspeare. EXERCISE XCVI. Milton's Lamentation for the Loss of his Sight. HAIL, holy light ! offspring of heaven first-born...God is light, And never but in unapproached light 30 Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or, hear'st...

...of the Sun ; he finds there Uriel, the regent of that orb, but first changes himself into the shape of a meaner Angel ; and pretending a zealous desire...habitation, and is directed ; alights first on Mount Niphatel. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. I CANNOT admit this Book to be inferior in poetical merit, to those...

...place of his habitation, and is directed; alights Jirst on Mount Niphates. PARADISE LOST. BOOK III. HAIL, holy Light! offspring of Heaven first-born:...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain...

...rolled in solemn emphasis from his lips : — " Hail, holy Light ! offspring of Heaven, first born Or of the eternal co-eternal beam ! May I express...unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright affluence of bright essence increate." *• TUESDAY, DEC. 16. This is beautiful sailing ; a...

...fainting spirits uphold. FROM " PARADISE LOST." BOOK HI. Hail, holy light, offspring of heaven first born, Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam ! May I express...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate 1 Or hearest tliou, rather, pure etherial stream, Whose...

...orb, but tirst changes himseif into the shape of a meaner Angel ; and pretending a zealous ili'u'i to behold the new creation, and Man whom God had placed...and is directed : alights first on Mount Niphates. HAIt., holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam, May 1 express...

...the poet alludes, with a pardonable egotism to the calamity, under which he himself is suffering — Hail, holy light ! offspring of Heaven first-born,...unapproached light Dwelt from Eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. But because Milton is universally admitted to excel in...

...: Invest and infest. Utter and outer. Won and one. Middle and meddle. HAIL, holy light, offspring l of heaven first-born, Or of * the Eternal co-eternal...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then iu thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.3 Or hear'st thou rather,4 pure ethereal stream,...