...! offspring of heaven, first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? Since God is light, And never but in unapproached...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate ! Or hearest thou rather? pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ! Before the...

...PAOE 388. " Hail, holy LIGHT ! Offspring of heaven, first-born, Before the sun. Before the heavens, thou wert ; and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle...invest The rising world of waters dark and deep." MILTOH. " Oh, what a noble heavenly gift is light ! By light, that blessed being, all things live."...

...388. " Hail, holy LIGHT ! Offspring of heaven, first-born, Before the Bun, Before the heavens, tbou wert ; and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst...invest The rising world of waters dark and deep." MILTOK. " Oh, what a noble heavenly gift is light ! By light, that blessed being, all things lire."...

...since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, 6 Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st...stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Cefore the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising...

...Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th'Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? since God is Light, And never but in unapproached...Fountain who shall tell? before the Sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a Mantle didst invest The rising world of waters...

...express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence...pure Ethereal stream, Whose Fountain who shall tell? [3.1-8] One is struck here by the modesty and humility of this bard's approach to the divine; he is...

...Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. If one were to scan this passage in strictly iambic terms, the first word, "hail," would not be emphasized....

...seeing), to exhibit himself: "May I express thee unblam'd?" And then he proceeds to the full disclosure: "since God is Light, / And never but in unapproached...thee, / Bright effluence of bright essence increate" (III. 3-6). This pattern of advance, retreat, followed by disclosure, is repeated throughout an invocation...

...express thee unblam'd? since God is Light, And never but in unapproached Light Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence...didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, |ohn Mi|ton Won from the void and formless infinite. Seventeenth century G' iOD from God, Light from...

...Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Whose fountain who shall tell? before the Sun,312 Before the Heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of...