...offspring1 of hearen first-born ; Or of lli' eternal co-eternal bean, May 1 express thee unblam'd ? since God is light And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in tliee, (. Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or near'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream,...

...light, offspring of heaven first born ! Or of the Eternal, coeternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...Thee, Bright Effluence of bright Essence increate ! — Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal Stream ! Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the Sun,...

...Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before...

...with what mysterious reverence does he treat of the bright attribute of flame ! " Hail, holy Light ! " Of the Eternal, co-eternal beam, " May I express thee...then in thee ; " Bright effluence of bright Essence iucreate." J Other bodies are clogged and cumbered with the property which we call weight: flame seems...

...offspring of heaven first-born ! Or of th' Eternal, co-eternal beam ! May I express thee unbalm'd ? since God is light, And never, but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before...

...Zion.'' LETTER XIII. HAIL, holy light, offspring of heaven first bom, Or of the eternal, coeteroal beam ! May I express thee unblamed since God is light,...then in thee ; Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate. — ^— — — — — — Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but...

...Light, Milton very justly doubts whether he might use that without blame. May I express thee' unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before...

...Light, offspring of Heav'n first born, Or of th' eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee, unblam'd ? old the first in virtue as in face ! Oh ! if to dance...the small pox, or chas'd old age away ; Who would Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before...

...light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 3. Before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God,...

...innumerable projects to shut out the rays of truth ; whereas, the Almighty lives in light — " for God is. light; And never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity." The most artful impediments have been thrown, by these monarchs, in the .way of every individual who...