 Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.  An Introduction to Astronomy ... - Page 289by John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, 6 Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose...at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest 10 The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite, Thee I revisit... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun. Before the heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool,though long detained In that obscure... | |
 | 1834 - 508 pages
...tell ? before the sun. Before the heav'ns thou wert ; and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle did invest The rising world of waters, dark and deep. Won from the void anil formless infinite." which is also a beautifid specimen in that style of Handel's composition.... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 228 pages
...thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite." " And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1835 - 574 pages
...ethereal Stream ' Whose fountain who shall tell : Before the Sun, Before the heavens, Thou wen, nnd at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest...waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite."t How pathetic is the very beauty of this invocation, when we consider the feelings with... | |
 | Books - 1835 - 642 pages
...effluence of bright essence increate— Thy fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep.'"—pp. 192, 193. Our author states, in relation to the nature, hahit, and character of light... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest ID The rising world of waters dark and deep, 2. ' Or may I without hlame call thee the coeternal heam... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long detained In that obscure... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1836 - 380 pages
...thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens, thou wert, and, at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool * * * And feel thy sovran, vital lamp... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle,...and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long'.detain'd In that obscure... | |
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