...here,inquires of him the place of his habitation, and is directed: Alights first on mount JSiphates. HAIL, holy light, offspring of Heaven first-born,...of the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamecU since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity; dwelt then in...

...light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of th« Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt there in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal...

...eternal coetcrnal beam May I express thee unhlamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproaehed light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increatc. Or nearest thou rather pure ethereal stream. Whose fountain who shall tell ' Before the snn,...

...holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first bon<, ,, . •] Or of the Eternal coetemal beam, , „ .i . May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light,...Bright effluence of bright essence increate : : , < Or hearest thou rather, pure ethereal stream, , . , -j Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun,...

...angels. Issuing forth from the abyss of darkness, he hails that holy light which is denied to his eyes. Hail, holy light, offspring of heaven first-born,...of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light. And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt there...

...celui-ci : Uriel Ten instruit Satan s'abat d'abord tur le sommet du mont Nipbales. BOOK III. , AIL, holy Light ! offspring of heaven first-born, [Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed?sinceGod is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in...

...light! offspring of heav'n first-born ; Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since GOD is light, And never but in 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...

...question proposed in Milton'a beautiful apostrophe to light has been or ever will be answered :— "Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, Bright effluence of bright essence increate— Thy fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before...

...unttamed ?" but wherefore not recal now, as I did then, the whole of that transcendent passage ? " Hail, holy light! offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal, co-eternal named, May I express thee, unblamed ? since God it light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt...

...offspriug of heav'n first-born, Or of th'eternal coeternal beam , May I express thee'unblam'd? siuce God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright eftluence oi'bright essence increate. Or hear'st thon rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain...