 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 pages
...of Night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling Morn With thy bright Circlet, praise him in thy Sphere While day arises, that sweet hour of Prime. 170 Thou Sun, of this great World both Eye and Soul, Acknowledge him thy Greater, sound his praise... | |
 | Steve Clark, Masashi Suzuki - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 362 pages
...Satan's angry lament, but Adam's morning hymn of praise, a hymn which explicitly sets God above the sun: 'Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, / Acknowledge him thy greater' (V:171— 4). By contrast, Wheatley's poem sets the sun above all, and just as in Blake's poem, shows... | |
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On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end ! Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet,... 
