...MILTON, IN PARADISE LOST. — And chiefly thou, O spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples, th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st;...Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man....

...intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before...Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That to the height...

...of true religion, as our own Milton, who commenced his immortal epic thus: — "And chiefly Thou, 0 Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright...outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And inad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height...

...Spirit ! that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou knowest ; Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty...abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : What in me is dark — " 7. On!-, or llurcb, and Sinai are two peaks of the lame mountain range between the (iulfs of...

...the true meaning of Gen. i. 2, when, in his invocation, he addresses the " Ruacb. " of God thus, " And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before...wings outspread, Dove-like satst brooding on the vast ahyss And mad'st it pregnant." Such is the earliest Scriptural reference to the divine " Ruach." Now,...

...given the true meaning of Gen. i. 2, when, in his invocation, he addresses the " Ruach " of God thus, " And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before...first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-lihe safst brooding on the vast ahyss And mad'st it pregnant." Such is the earliest Scriptural...

...the Aonian mount,5 while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.6 And chiefly thou, 0 SPIRIT ! that dost prefer Before all temples the upright...and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding7 on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise...

...intends to soar Abore the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in pro?c or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before...brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'st it pregnant : whit in me is dark couvas l'immense abîme et tu le rendis fécond. Illumine en moi ce qui est obscur^...

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...Instruet me, for thou knowst : thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...Illumine : what is low, raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providenee, 25 And justify the ways of God to men....