...conclusion of the first book of the Recluse, which he gives in the preface to the Excursion, be says : — " All strength — all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jeliovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting angels, and the empyreal thrones — I...

...aloft ascending, breathe in world To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength—all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form; Jehovah—with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting angels, and the empyreal thrones— I pass them...

...the fount of holiest, instruction he cleared his vision, and from the mount of contemplation breathed in worlds to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. But his soul was too free for the peace of his sycophantic associates ; his principles were too philanthropic...

...of their comparative strength, are suddenly confronted with a common and dissimilar antagonist, and "all strength, all terror, single or in bands, that ever was put forth" opposed to that novel, and, save in the Temptation, hitherto untested power, represented by Christ,...

...shall need Thy guidance, or a greater mime, if such Dear'-nd to earth, or dwell in highest heaven ! For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep—...Jehovah with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting nngels, and the empyreat thrones ; I paw them unalarm'd !" Has the poet, who believes himself entitled...

...shall need Thy guidance, or a greater muse, if such Descend to earth or dwell in highest heaven ! For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep — and, aloft ascending, breathe in world To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength — all terror, single or in bands,...

...Thy plidance, or a greater muse. lf auch Descend to earth, or dwell in highest heaven ! For 1 шnsI tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep — and aloft ascending, breathe in worlds T« which the heaven of heavens is but a veil, All strength — all terror— single or in bands. That...

...eldest superstition, or sit " lone upon the shores of old romance," or pierce the veil of mortality, and "breathe in worlds to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil." The rery deficiency of the romantic, in the actual paths of existence, will cause him to dwell in thought...

...shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Descend to earth or dwell in highest heaven ! For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep, and,...shouting angels, and the empyreal thrones — I pass them unalartned. Not chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped...

...fount of holiest instruction he cleared his vision ; and from the mount of contemplation, breathed in worlds to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. " But his soul was too free for the peace of his sycophantic associates ; his principles were too philanthropic...