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" Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both... "
Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711 - Page 114
by John Milton - 1801
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...to receive Perfection from the Sun's more potent ray. These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, at li Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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Essays from Addison

Joseph Addison - English essays - 1907 - 142 pages
...old Hesiod, which is almost word for word the same with his third line in the following passage. — Nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would...praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth 20 Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both...
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Sir Roger de Coverley and the Spectator's Club

Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1908 - 208 pages
...in old Hesiod, which is almost word for word the same with his third line in the following passage : —Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would...; All these with ceaseless praise His works behold Loth day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices...
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Complete Poetical Works

John Milton - 1908 - 586 pages
...then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain, nor think, though men were none, That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise ; Millions...both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceasless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep 680 Of echoing Hill...
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A Poet's Anthology of Poems

Alfred Noyes - English poetry - 1911 - 446 pages
...whom This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes?" To whom our general ancestor replied : " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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Milton's Knowledge of Music: Its Sources and Its Significance in His Works

Sigmund Spaeth - Music and literature - 1913 - 202 pages
...slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant * sung. PL 4. 675-688: Nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would...behold. Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - English poetry - 1924 - 568 pages
...to receive Perfection from the Sun's more potent ray. These, then, though uubeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain. Nor think, though men were none,...walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often, from the steep 680...
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Romanic Review, Volume 5

Henry Alfred Todd - Electronic journals - 1914 - 556 pages
...Let there be set beside Caliban's words the following passage spoken by Milton's Adam in Paradise: Millions of spiritual Creatures walk the Earth Unseen,...behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing Hill or Thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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Essays of Joseph Addison, Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1915 - 464 pages
...old Hesiod, which is almost word for word the same with his third line in the following passage. — Nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would...behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air. Sole or responsive...
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The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning: Ed., with Introduction ...

Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...to receive Perfection from the Sun's more potent ray. These, then, though unbeheld in deep of night, us Hudson Holt sleep: AH these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often, from the t steep...
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