 Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here...  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 9by John Milton - 1784 - 463 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...And thou enlighten'd Earth ! so fresh and gay, Ye Hills, and Dales ! ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains ! And ye that live and move, fair Creatures ! tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1822 - 594 pages
...! And tbou, enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye can, how came I thus, how here;— Not of myself ; — by some great Maker then, In goodness and in... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 682 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus? how here?' His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep he fancies... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 pages
...light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus? how here?' to. 273. His next sentiment, when, upon his first going to sleep,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...them express the strong conception of the mind. This is finely imitated in the following examples. , And ye that live, and move, fair creatures ! tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here. — Paradise Lost, viii. 273. Both have sinn'd ! but thou Against Ciod... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...light, And'thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, ame rolls every wave below : Here pensive I behold the fad saw, how came I thus, how here ; Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, 275 And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in pow'r... | |
 | Theology - 1825 - 398 pages
...light And thou enlightened earth, so freih and gay ; Ye lulls and dales, ye rivers, woods and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures tell, Tell, if ye saw how 1 came thus, how here ? Not of myself;——————By some great Maker then, In goodness... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...light, And thou enlightcn'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers woods, and plains And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ? — Not of myself; — by some great Maker then, In goodness and in... | |
 | Questions - 1828 - 104 pages
...And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, " Ye Hills, and Dales, ye Rivera, Woods and Plains, " And Ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, " Tell, if ye saw, how I came thus, how here ?" Q. What is 'Aposiopesis? A. A half uttered threat, or other exclamation... | |
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