...light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who...bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne...

...thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through...

...thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou. wert, and at the voice Of God as with a mantle,...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'dthe Stygian pool,though long detain'd In that obscure sojourmwhile in my flight Through utter...

...thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, 5 Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian...

...mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant. Id. Before the sun, iiefore the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Milton. I saw them under a green mantling vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking...

...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etlierial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the...thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle did invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infmite. Thee I...

...pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the Heavens thou wei t, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest...void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with holder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that ohscure sojourn, while in my flight...

...Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, 6 Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain...at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep Thee 1 revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian...

...light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bri ;ht essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool, though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through...

...mente tantum, qui mente videtur;" &c. &c. FRANC. GEORG. in Lib. de Hermo de Mund.* Thus Milton :— " Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert ; and...rising world of waters, dark and deep, Won from the dark and formless infinite." Thus Maximus Tyrius: — "God is the Father and Creator of every thing,...