 And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 55by John Milton - 1857 - 570 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...Nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut otrt. So much the rathei, thou celestial light, Shine inward, and the mind through...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. FROM THE SAME. Book iv. 1. 32. O THOU that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole <lomifiion... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1821 - 494 pages
...the fervent desire of his soul towards the essential Source of spiritual light and consolation, — " So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse." Such a visitation from heaven is the only genuine solace in any affliction. But, oh, the indescribable... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 pages
...book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. During the time, however, which elapsed between the appearance of his Defence of the People of England... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...book of knowledge fair, Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to me expung'd and raz'd, And wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out. So much...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. II. — L' 'Allegro, or the Merry Man. HENCE, loathed Melancholy ! Of Cerberus and blackest midnight... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...book of Knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expung'd and rais'd, res fire me, and whose visions bless, Bear me, Oh...To Thames'* banks which fragrant breezes fill, Or SATAN'S JOURNEY TO EARTH. Thus they in Heav'n, above the starry sphere, Their happy hours in joy and... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank. Of nature's works, to me expunged and razed, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. — MILTON. Edinburgh, 14tft May, 1821. To live by faith is the life of a Christian. The men of the... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1904 - 738 pages
...Infusoria, the Spermatoza, the Ilhiaopods, and the beautiful Amoebas. Blind Milton could console himself: " So much the rather thou, celestial Light! Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight." Herr Haeckel also has to look at things invisible, but a microscope too well suffices him; and he proses... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...passionately and so patiently lamented. They that will And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. 50 So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. 65 Now had th' almighty Father from above, read the most excellent Homer, bemoaning the same misfortune,... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 312 pages
...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark 45 So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. 55 Now had the Almighty Father from above, From the pure empyrean where he sits High throned above... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...shut out. So much the rather thou. celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her jwwers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence...to mortal sight. Now had the Almighty Father from above, From the pure empyrean where he sits High thron'd above all height, bent down his eye His own... | |
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