 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
 | Joseph Ivimey - Poets, English - 1833 - 320 pages
...646—649. ON THE NECESSITY OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Speaking of his blindness, he says, " And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much...all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may aee and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight." Book iii. lines 50— 55. ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL.... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - Poets, English - 1833 - 314 pages
...composed, which would sometimeB flow with great ease." Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much...eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that J may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight." Book iii. 1 — 55 ON PROVIDENCE. " The world... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 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. SECTION XXII. Darkness. — B YB ON. I HAD a dream', which was not all a dream'. The bright sun was... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd, 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. 55 Now had lli' Almighty Father from above, From the pure empyrean where he sits High thrmi'd above... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 350 pages
...cheerful ways of men Cut off; and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. There is nothing in all the materials of biography more applicable to an author's character than this... | |
 | sir William Cusack Smith (2nd bart.) - Metaphysics - 1835 - 160 pages
...that pious, beautiful, and pathetic invocation, which occurs in the third book of Paradise Lost : " So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight." The same divine Poet, from whom I have just cited, calls angels " celestial Ardours ;"-)" Sons" and... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...universal hlank Of nature's works, to we expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. 60 So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisihle to mortal sight. 55 Now had the Almighty Father from ahove, From the pure empyrean where... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 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...to mortal sight. Now had the almighty Father from above, From the pure empyrean where he sits High throned above all height, bent down his eye, His own... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1836 - 380 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." Elsewhere he exclaims in not less pathetic strains: " If answerable style I can obtain Of my celestial... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 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. CXV1. THE MILLENNIUM.—Cowper'a Talk. Sweet is the harp of prophecy; too sweet Not to be wronged by... | |
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