| John Milton - 1795 - 316 lehte
...Instruft me, forThou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 19 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to Men. Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 lehte
...And chiefly Thou, O Sp'rit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st: Thou from the first Wast present,...outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, 21 And mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That to the... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 lehte
...Instruct me, for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread zo Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to Men. SAY first, for Heav'n hides nothing... | |
| 1806 - 408 lehte
...Thou know'st ; Thou from th& first Wast present, 'and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satt'st •brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant...support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to Man. Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing... | |
| James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 lehte
...heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st : thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty Vings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss,...support ! That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of GOD to man. Par. Lost, BI 1. 17. And at the... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 lehte
...•*And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present,...support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And ''justify the ways of Ged to men. Say first, for heaven hides nothing... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 lehte
...Instruct me, for Thou know'st ^rhou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support; Thit to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways... | |
| 1852 - 798 lehte
...And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st : Thou from the first Wast present,...support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." The First is taken, hint and form... | |
| 1818 - 434 lehte
...ever-blessed Trinity, causing a tremulous motion on the faces of the waters. So Milton, PL 1. 19. sqq. --- Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty...brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant But by the epithet dove-like, Milton, whose mind was a complete store-house of classical images, probably... | |
| John Milton - 1820 - 342 lehte
...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 it pregnant....support ; That to the height of this great argument, BOOK i, H I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to men. Say first ; for Heav'n... | |
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