...intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things miattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before...thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wingsout spread. Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : whnt in me is...

...da frale sconti Col suo caldo vital covata, e piena Trae non pennato' I figlio, e quasi informe, J Thou from the first Wast present ; and with mighty...Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st iipregn:mi, || Seco era allor, ch'all'ocean profondo Termine pose, e die sue leggi all'onde j E quand'...

...me, fur Thou know'st ; Thou from the I'M; t [spread Wast present, and with mighty wings ontDovc-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is Ion' raise and support ! That to the hright of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence,...

...creation; he it was that divided the elements, and he it is can command their final dissolution. i Thou spirit that dost prefer before all temples the upright heart and pure,' hear me I entreaty : here would J build up to thee another towel., a tower no time can annihilate from...

....present passage in the Psalmist was in «11 probability in his mind when he wrote — •rr— — — " And with mighty wings outspread, " Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss." Par. Lost. L. 20, J5. i. o 4 200 The third verse of the civth Psalm — " He maketh the clouds his...

...ever-blessed Trinity, causing a tremulous motion on the faces of the waters. So Milton, PL 1. 19. sqq. --- Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty...brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant But by the epithet dove-like, Milton, whose mind was a complete store-house of classical images, probably...

...unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. An J chiefly Thou, O Spprit, that does prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st...first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark, Illumine...

...intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before...outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss, And madest it pregnant: What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height...

...that divine and omnipotent Agent : — • " Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first M'ast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like...brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant." Had it not been for this divine incubation, (if we may be allowed reverently to use the expression.)...

...intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. These were the prime in order and in might ; The rcst...and Earth, Their boasted parents: Titan, tleav'n's madV it pregnant : what in me is dark. Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the height...