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...thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heav'ns thou wert, and 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...

..." 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...deep, " Won from the void and formless infinite." " And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer "' Before all temples the upright heart and pure, "...

...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...

...beam, Bright effluence of bright essence increate— Thy fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of...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...

...increate. 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 ID The rising world of waters dark and deep, 2. ' Or may I without hlame call thee the coeternal heam...

...increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of...flight Through utter and through middle darkness borne, With other notes than to th' Orphean lyre I sung of Chaos and eternal Night; Taught by the Heav'nly...

...increate. 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...with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygian pool, though long'.detain'd In that obscure sojourn; while in my flight LIVRE III. i ALUT , lumière sacrée , fille...

...increatc. Or nearest thou rather pure ethereal stream. Whose fountain who shall tell ' Before the snn, Before the heavens thou wert, and, at the voice Of...infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escaped the Stygisn pool, though long detained In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight Through utter and through...

...increate ! 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...formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool * * * And feel thy sovran, vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes,...