...to pursue Vain war with Heaven ; and, by success untaught, His proud imaginations thus displayed. 2. Hail, holy Light! offspring of Heaven first-born !...bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal Stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert; and....

...Inflection,' and ' Monotone,' ' Slow Movement,' Long Pauses, Moderate Emphasis, Powerful ' Expression.' ' Hail holy Light ! offspring of Heaven first-born,...bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun Before the heavens thou wert, and, at...

...LIGHT. — Milton. 1. Hail, holy light; ftfTspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal co-ctcrnal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light,...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate 2. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell 1 Before the sun, Before...

...Heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, nl express thee unblamed ? since God is light, never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate 2. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before...

...knees, the envied kiss to share." 2. Solemnity and Sublimity combined. MILTON'S INVOCATION OF LIGHT. "Hail! holy Light, — offspring of Heaven, first-born,...bright Essence increate ! Or hear'st thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? — Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and,...

...habitation, and is directed: alighta first on Mount Niphates. PARADISE LOST. BOOK III. PI AIL, holy Light i offspring of Heaven first-born ; Or, of the Eternal...unapproached light Dwelt from eternity ; dwelt then in thee, 5 Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose...

...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...bright essence increate. Or hears't thou rather pure Ethereal stream, Whose Fountain who shall tell? before the Sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and at...

...for instance, a passage from Milton's Paradise Lost (3.1-6): Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. May...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. If one were to scan this passage in strictly iambic terms, the first word, "hail," would not be emphasized....

...seeing), to exhibit himself: "May I express thee unblam'd?" And then he proceeds to the full disclosure: "since God is Light, / And never but in unapproached...thee, / Bright effluence of bright essence increate" (III. 3-6). This pattern of advance, retreat, followed by disclosure, is repeated throughout an invocation...

...Morier, Preminger, and Robert. Ex: Milton's narrator interrupts Paradise Lost to apostrophize Light: 'Hail holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born,...Eternal coeternal beam / May I express thee unblamed?' (3.1-3). Exx: 'Ring out, wild bells' (Tennyson, In Memoriam, 2); 'O Beer! O Hodgson, Guiness, Allsop,...