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...wandering fires, that move In mystic dance not without song, resound His praise, who out of darkness call'd up light. Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of...that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or grey, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honor to the world's great Author rise ;...

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...wandering fires, that move In mystic dance not without song, resound His praise, who oui of darkness call'd up light. Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of...quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform, and mix » Parlez, vous qui pouvez mieux dire, vous, » fils de la lumière, Anges! car vous le contem» plez...

...wandering fires, that move In mystic dance not without song, resound His praise, who out of darkness call'd up light. Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of...Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's great Authour rise ; Whether to deck with clouds the uncolour'd sky, Or wet the...

...dance, not without song, resound His praise, who out of darkness call'd up light, Air, and ye-elements, the eldest birth . Of nature's womb, that in quaternion...new praise. Ye mists and exhalations that now rise ' i From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, In honour to the world's great AUTHOR rise ! Till the...

...wandering fires, that move In mystic dance not without song, resound His praise, who out of darkness call'd up light. Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of...quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform, and mix » Parlez, vous qui pouvez mieux dire, vous, » His de la lumière, Anges! car vous le contem» plez,...

...ear." We shall here note only a few of the visual images which Milton employed after he was blind : " Ye Mists and Exhalations that now rise From hill or...Till the Sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold." ******** " Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold...