| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 sider
...Sp'rit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st: Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty...outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, 21 And mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That to the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 sider
...braecb'd with me. Stairfcare To BROOD, v. ». [brzdan, Sax.] z. To sit as on etrps, to hatch them. Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st branding un the vast abyss, And mad'st it premium, Miltan. Here nature spreads her fruitful sweetness... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 sider
...readers. Thus the present passage in the Psalmist was in all probability in his mind when he wrote — " And with mighty wings outspread, " Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss." Par. Lost, L. 20, B. 1. o 3 ~*"- aA The third verse of the civ. " He maketh the clouds his chariot,... | |
| Henry Kirke White - 1808 - 698 sider
...present passage in the Psalmist was in all probability in his mind when he wrote — * t - • • " And with mighty wings outspread, " Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss." Par. Lost, L. 20, B. 1. o3 The third verse of the civ. Psalm— » • • • " He maketh the clouds... | |
| James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 sider
...heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st : thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty Vings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine ! what is low raise and support ! That to the height of this great argument... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 sider
...Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty...brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument... | |
| John Black - 1810 - 528 sider
...da frale sconti Col suo caldo vital covata, e piena Trae non pennato' I figlio, e quasi informe, J Thou from the first Wast present ; and with mighty...Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st iipregn:mi, || Seco era allor, ch'all'ocean profondo Termine pose, e die sue leggi all'onde j E quand'... | |
| Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey - 1816 - 336 sider
....present passage in the Psalmist was in «11 probability in his mind when he wrote — •rr— — — " And with mighty wings outspread, " Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss." Par. Lost. L. 20, J5. i. o 4 200 The third verse of the civth Psalm — " He maketh the clouds his... | |
| 1852 - 798 sider
...Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st : Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty...brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine : what is low, raise and support ; That to the height of this great... | |
| 1818 - 426 sider
...ever-blessed Trinity, causing a tremulous motion on the faces of the waters. So Milton, PL 1. 19. sqq. --- Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty...brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant But by the epithet dove-like, Milton, whose mind was a complete store-house of classical images, probably... | |
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