 | Victor L. Schermer - Psychology - 2003 - 272 pages
...John Milton wrote: The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. (Milion, 1667) The human need for infinite, boundaryless, and even 'chaotic' experience, evident in... | |
 | Timothy J. Reiss - Philosophy - 2003 - 608 pages
...of Paradise Lost (Augustine 166). He may be right. But they shared a wider comprehension of being: So much the rather, Thou Celestial Light, Shine inward...eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that we may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight! Published in 1667 (probably written between... | |
 | John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - Poetry - 2003 - 384 pages
...We may hear as many literary overtones as we choose to do in his prayer to the "Celestial Light" to Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers...plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse. (IIl, 52-54) In this prayer "a complete, deliberate, and substantial theory of poetry" has been found,... | |
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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... 
