...light Dwelt from eternity—dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate! Or hear'at thou, rather, pure ethereal stream! Whose fountain...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite !' Such were Milton's ideas, clothed in a language which rolls along like a mighty river, and with...

...before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of GOD, as with a mantle, didst invest JO The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight is Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With other notes, than to th' Orphean lyre, I sung...

...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...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool,though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Through...

...thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through...

...essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, AY hose fountain who shall tell Ï Self-love becomes, by force divine, The scale to measure...wants by thine. See ! and confess, one comfort still detain' d In lhat obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne,...

...Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, — Before the heavens thou wert ; and at the voice 10 Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising...wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd 15 In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With...

...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence0 inereate, Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool,though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Through...

...inquires of him the place of his habitation, and is directed: alights first on mount Niphales. HAIL, + Wilh other notes than to the Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal [Night; Taught by the heavenly...

...Light! offspring of heaven first-born ! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Through...

...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! 2. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With other notes than to the orphan lyre, I sung of...