 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?  The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson - Side 188av British essayists - 1819Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Milton - 1928 - 402 sider
...obeyed and readily could name Whate'er I saw. "Thou Sun," said I, "fair light, And thou enlightened Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent. Tell me, how may I know... | |
 | 1928 - 922 sider
...wonder prompt the outburst of Adam upon his creation: Thou sun, said I, fair light And them enlightened earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...creatures, tell Tell if ye saw how came I thus, how here? And again in the great hymn sent up by Adam and Eve to the Creator, under the deep emotion of worship... | |
 | 1909 - 502 sider
...obeyed, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. ' Thou Sun,' said I, ' fair light, And thou enlightened Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power prae-eminent. Tell me. how may... | |
 | William Kerrigan - 1983 - 372 sider
...blindness, the first man quests for his scene of origin: Thou Sun, said I, fair Light, And thou enlight'n'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers,...tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then. (8.273-278) The visible world is innately categorized as "here... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 sider
...Adam himself remembers as his earliest emotion: Thou Sun, said I, faire Light, And thou enlight'nd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plaines And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?... | |
 | Kevin Z. Moore - 1993 - 344 sider
...prospect. Seeing its unnamed prospects, Adam prays: "Thou sun, said I fair light,/ And there enlightened earth, so fresh and gay,/ Ye hills and dales, Ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains,/ And ye that move first creatures" (PL, 8.270-76). Tess wants to be such a "first creature," one who names rather... | |
 | David Quint - 1993 - 448 sider
..."who I was, or where, or from what cause" (8.270). Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlightened earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of my self; by some great maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent; Tell me, how may I... | |
 | Angela Esterhammer - 1994 - 276 sider
...of which we understand as systems of difference. Thou Sun, said I, fair Light, And thou enlight'n'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers,...and Plains And ye that live and move, fair Creatures ... (PL 8.273-6) Adam names elements of the landscape for the first time while placing them in relation... | |
 | Kay Gilliland Stevenson, Margaret Seares - 1998 - 214 sider
...God the Son. He looks upward and outward, rather than inward: Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay; Ye Hills and...move, fair Creatures, tell; Tell, if ye saw, how came 1 thus, how here? (8.273-77) Before this speech, his first impulse, having gazed toward heaven, is... | |
 | Karen L. Edwards - 2005 - 284 sider
...the created world leads to his first utterance: Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlightened earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers,...tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of my self; by some great maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent; Tell me, how may I... | |
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