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" Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, 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. "
Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711 - Page 2
by John Milton - 1801
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John Milton: His Life and Times, Religious and Political Opinions: With an ...

Joseph Ivimey - Poets, English - 1833 - 320 pages
...Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like aat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mud'st it pregnant : What in me is dark, Illumine : what...support ; That to the height of this great argument 1 may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." Book i. 1—25. The few other...
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An Introduction to the Grammar of Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools

Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1834 - 188 pages
...pure, Instruct me, for thou knowest; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. EXERCISE XXIV. EPISTLE TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ. With frequent intercourse,...
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The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost, with notes, by J.R. Major

John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That to the highth of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence,...And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of hell ; say first, what cause Moved our grand...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books

John Milton - Fall of man - 1836 - 348 pages
...Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dovelike sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for Heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep tract of Hell; say first, what cause Moved our grand...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...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...support ; That to the height of this great argument 16 v. Ariosto Orl. Fur. ci St. 2. Orlando Innam. di Boiardo,. rifac. da Berni, lib. ii. c. xxx. ei....
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Fraser's Magazine, Volume 20

1839 - 798 pages
...Instruct me, for thou know'st, Thou from the first Wast present; and, with mighty wings outspread, Dovelike sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men." Fletcher begins, — " O Thou that didst this holy fire infuse,...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Was present, and, with mighty wings out-spread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Say first, for heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep...
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Lectures Against Socialism: Delivered Under the Direction of the Committee ...

London city mission - Christian socialism - 1840 - 620 pages
...SPIRIT, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou knowest. What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and...this great argument, I may assert ETERNAL PROVIDENCE, And justify the ways of God to man. My first general observation will relate to the necessity of a...
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Le Paradis perdu de J. Milton

John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...Instruct me, for Thou knowest : Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And...this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. . Say first, — for heav'n hides nothing from thy view, Nor the...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sal'st 4 And justify the ways of God to mon. Say first, for Heaven hides nothing from thy view, Nor the deep...
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