 HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.  The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ... - Page 93edited by Full view - About this book
 | William Russell - 1855 - 310 pages
...2. Solemnity and Sublimity combined. MILTON'S INVOCATION OF LIGHT. " Hail! holy Light,—offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity,—dwelt... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...and square my trial To my proportion'd strength!—Shepherd, lead on. INVOCATION TO LIGHT. 1 Hail, holy Light! offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed? 2 since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt... | |
 | John Gibson MacVicar - 1856 - 126 pages
...the age of Zeno, while to our own great poet it was no. less than the power addressed by him as — " Offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the eternal coeternal beam, May I express them unblamed." Only a few moderns have resisted the sether, and that chiefly from a concern for the... | |
 | Edward Thomson - 1856 - 386 pages
...how all its inhabitants would fall down in wonder and thankfulness I How they could exclaim, " Hail ! holy light ; offspring of heaven first-born ; Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam." Well, having had it day by day, what should be our gratitude? We could agree that he who made us, and... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 308 pages
...my poor words do I seek to tell its praise, when those of a master are ready to our purpose? " Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam ; May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, dwelt... | |
 | William Henry Bayley Webster - 1857 - 334 pages
...to light, I cannot introduce it more becomingly than in the bright effusion of Milton : — " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven first-born, Or 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...and square my trial To my proportion'd strength ! — Shepherd, lead on. INVOCATION TO LIGHT.1 Hail, holy Light ! offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express theo unblamed?2 since God is light, And never but in unappronehed light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 pages
...poor words do I seek to tell its praise, when those of a master are ready to onr purpose ? • " Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven, first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam ; May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity, dwelt... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1859 - 274 pages
...English of Chaucer's day. 9. Explain the syntax and meaning of the following passages : — " Hail, Holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblamed ?" " Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?" " And... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1860 - 276 pages
...call us to deliver Their land from errors' chain. — ffeber. Poetic pauses. Final. Oaesural. Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam ! May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in uuapproache'd light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt... | |
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