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...the Aonian mount, while it pursues 15 Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, 0 Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright...first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dovelike sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark, Illumine;...

...language is colloquial, but, rising to the invocation of the Deity, how ponderous the tones become ! " Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty...brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant," &c. Now let any man attempt to tell to another the subject of Milton's exordium ; this he might do,...

...tentées ni en prose ni en vers. Et toi, ô ESPRIT! qui préferes à tous les tem\ Before all lemples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou...outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the heighth...

...Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument 16 v. Ariosto Orl. Fur. ci St. 2. Orlando Innam. di Boiardo,. rifac....

...greater Man Itestore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse ! • • » • And chieflv thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples...Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men."...

...Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Was present, and, with mighty wings out-spread, Dove-like...Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men....

...Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, oh Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright...Illumine what is low, raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men....

...SPIRIT! that dost prefer Before a!l temples the upright heart and pure,' Instruct me, for Thou knowest : Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty...Illumine! what is low, raise and support! That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men....

...thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sal'st 4 height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to mon....