 | 1852 - 784 pages
...spirit of God stands as a suitable introduction to the most sublime poem in the English language : " And chiefly thou, О Spirit ; that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart aud pure, Instruct me. • » • * • What in me is dark Illumine. What is low raise and support;... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1852 - 190 pages
...he thus pours forth the aspirations of his heart for the teachings of a Divine Instructor : — " 0 Spirit ! that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me. • • • What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support." And again (in another place),... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 474 pages
...Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright...and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread. Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 370 pages
...Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhime. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright...and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 374 pages
...Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhime. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright...and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss,... | |
 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...the Aoniau mount, while it pursues 15 Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit ! that dost prefer Before all temples the upright...pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; — thou from the first AVast present, and with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding3 on the vast... | |
 | William Russell - 1854 - 398 pages
...sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." Reverence: "And chiefly thou, O Spirit! that dost prefer, Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou knowest :" — Awe : " The thoughts are strange that crowd into my brain * Borror : " I had a dream... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...33. He that refuseth instruetion despiseth bis own soul. — Proverbs, Xv. 32. AND chiefly Thou, O Spirit that dost prefer Before all temples, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou knowest: Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...as Moses on Mount Sinai. — NEWTOK. Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.0 And chiefly thou, 0 Spirit/ that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thon from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread * Dove-like sat'st brooding' on... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...the Aonian mount, 4 while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou knowest; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread creation of the world, is... | |
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