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...no less an authority than Milton, who speaks of light as the first effluence of divine power: — " 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 then...

...offspring of heav'n first-born.1 , ; Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam! May I express thee nnblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. (Par. Lost.) Parent of light, all -seeing sun, Prolific beam, whose rays dispense The various gifts...

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...justly doubts whether he may use that without blame. — " Since God is light." So 1 Jobn i. 5 : " God is light." — " And never but in unapproached light dwelt from eternity." So 1 Tim. vi. 16: "Who (God) alone hath immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach,...

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...poem and celebrate God as light: Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of th'Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee. Bright effluence of bright essence increate!3...

...Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? since God is Light, And never but in unapproached Light Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather...

...directed: alights first on Mount Niphates. Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed?...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Whose fountain who shall tell? before the Sun,312 Before the Heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of...

...Light, Offspring of Heav'n first born, Or of the eternal co eternal Beam, May I express thcc unblam'd? Since God is Light, And never // but in unapproached...thee, Bright Effluence of bright Essence, // increate. These, and the following Lines, are wonderfully beautiful, and flow in the Concords. . . . I have now...