 Fast by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight 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...  Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets - Sida 5efter William Howitt - 1847Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1849 - 788 sidor
...Dante — and with something like the consciousness of one of the ancient prophets, invoked that " Spirit that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure :" and while we read, we insensibly yield to the claim of inspiration, and feel awe-struck, as if listening... | |
 | 1849 - 788 sidor
...Dante — and with something like the consciousness of one of the ancient prophets, invoked that " Spirit that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure :" and while we read, we insensibly yield to the claim of inspiration, and feel awe-struck, as if listening... | |
 | Mrs. John Slater - 1850 - 230 sidor
...lips of Hephsestion. He j,knew that the slightest hint would secure his friend's silence. TRUTH. " 0, Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure." MILTON. |RUTH is the most beautiful of all things, and the love of it so characteristic of a noble... | |
 | 1851 - 770 sidor
...his saintly spirit as the mantle of the prophet Elijah laid on by the divine hands. And chiefly thon, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thon kiionest ; thou from the 6rst Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1851 - 760 sidor
...saintly spirit as the mantle of the prophet Elijah laid on by the divine hands. And chiefly thou, О Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thouknowest ; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like eat'st brooding... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 428 sidor
...Mount Sinai. — NKwToN. PARADISE LOST. 115 Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme." And ehiefly thou, O Spirit,* that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instrnet me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread M... | |
 | 582 sidor
...Heavenly Muse That from the top of Horeb or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd." " But chiefly thou, 0 Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure." " Nine times the space that measures day and night." 162 PAPERS FOE THE SCHOOIMASTEB. 2. A Demonstrative... | |
 | 1852 - 840 sidor
...hill Delight tlico more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight...unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, О Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 858 sidor
...Sion-hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oraele of God: I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song , That with no middle flight...unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, 0 Spirit! that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure , Instruct me, for Thou know'st;... | |
 | 1852 - 874 sidor
...hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy rinks and whores ; Enough if all around him but admire,...Thus with each gift of Nature and of Art, And wanti D And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct... | |
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