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" Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revisitest not these eyes, that... "
Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ... - Page 253
by William Scott - 1817 - 407 pages
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...in my flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With other notes than to the Orphean e t M1+ M1+ L1+ J revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Kevisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain...
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Popular Voyages and Travels Throughout the Continent & Islands of Europe: In ...

Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - Costume - 1820 - 538 pages
...lament the loss of sight. " Thee I revisit safe, Anil /ee/thy sovereign vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain, To find thy piercing...ray, and find no dawn, So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd." " And again, " Thus with the year Seasons return; but...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, Volume 1

John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...in my flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With other notes than to the Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught by...hard and rare : Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revlsit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray,...
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On the blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton. The Valley of the Rye ...

Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 pages
...in my flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With other notes than to the Orphdan lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught by...hard and rare : Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou 2* Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...BOOK OF HOMER'S ODYSSEY. TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK. IN MILTON'S STYLE. To the' Orphean lyre, Pie snog of Chaos and eternal night; Taught by the heavenly...descent, and up to reascend, Though hard, and rare. PARADISE LOST, B. iii. WHEN speeding seaward, to the fleet we came That anchor'd nigh the coast, we...
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The Poetical Common-place Book: Consisting of an Original Selection of ...

English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...With other notes than to th' Orphean lyre I sung of Chaos and eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to re-ascend,...hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray,...
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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With other notes than to the Orphean lyre, I song of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly...descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : lhoe I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...Thousrh hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, 0 And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench 'd their orbs, 95 description of Chaos, which is said to be infinite, as it extended underneath,...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton ...

John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...my ilight 15 Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With other notes'than to th' Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos, and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly Muse to venture down Thedark descent, and up to re ascend, 20 Though hard, and rare ! Thee'I revisit safe, And feel thy...
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The British Critic, Volume 23

English literature - 1825 - 666 pages
...thee I retisit safe ! Escap'd the Stygean pool, tho' long detain'd In that obscure sojourn ; — — Taught by the Heavenly muse to .venture down The dark...hard and rare — thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp.' Thus, after millions of volumes have been written, and men of the greatest genius...
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