...the sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 1-0 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from...bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight 15 1 The first fifty-five lines, which when we...

...the mid hour of night — Hast gained thy entrance, virgin wise and pure. MILTON. ADDRESS TO LIGHT. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven, first-born,...from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit nqw with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while,...

...coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? Since God is light, And never but in unapproached light 5. Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence...bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained 15. In that ''"obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Taught by the heavenly muse to venture...

...Eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in un approached light Dwelt from Eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright...deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I re- visit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn,...

...and is directed : Alights first on Mount Niphates. HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born 1 Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee...bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian Pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight, Through utter and through middle Darkness borne...

...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 re-visit now with bolder wing, Escap't the Stygian Pool, though long detaind In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through utter...

...first matter actually tend to equate the two. The words are these (PL 3.8-12) addressed to light : before the Sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. The passage has been understood to tell us that by God's creative light a finite Chaos ("waters") was...

...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...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap't the Stygian Pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Though utter...

...creative process in his own person. After relating the events of the first day of creation in miniature before the Sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite (pi 3.8-12) - the poet himself rises into a light-filled world from the 'Chaos and Eternal Night (PL...

...Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal stream, Whose Foumain who shall tell? before the Sun, Before the Heavens...waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless inftnite. Aen, 6. 637-41 [Aeneas and the Sibyl emer the Fortunate Fields] His demum exactis, perfecto...