 Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and...  Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711 - Page 133by John Milton - 1801Full view - About this book
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold Him, and with songs, And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth,...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold them, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne, rejoicing. Ye in heaven ! On earth,...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... | |
 | English fiction - 1824 - 486 pages
...be as happy as Eumolpus and Eucharis. HM CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS. No. I. DANTE. "Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If...crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet." MILTON. IN a review of Italian literature, Dante has a double claim to precedency. He was the earliest... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...is no more than grateful twilight. Night comet not there in darker veil. See ver. 645. of this book. Circle his throne .rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth...extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. ics Fairest of stars, last in,the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...sons of light. Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne, rejoicing. Ye in heaven ! On earth,...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...sons of light, Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night. riend. This humbly offers me his case — That begs...hundred other men's affairs, Like bees, are humming Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1825 - 404 pages
...sons of light, Angels, for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night. Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth,...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... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...heaven ! On earth, join, all ye crcaftires, 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 erown'st the smiling morn With thy bfljpl oirclet, praise him in thy spnere, While day arises^ that... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...in Heaven, On earth join all ye ereatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Contents us not. A better shall we have ? A kingdom...just then let it be : But first eonsider how thos erown'st the smiling morn With thy bright eirelet, praise him in thy sphere, While dny arises, that... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...earnest of a life to come. JENYNS. Children are the dearest pledges of affection between parents ; Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better...With thy bright circlet praise him in thy sphere. MILTON. TO APPOINT, ORDER, PRESCRIBE, ORDAIN. To appoint (t>. Allot) is either the act of an equal... | |
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