 Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.  The Living Age - Pagina 1691846Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Angela Esterhammer - 1994 - 276 pagina’s
...that held his interest in 'the heat of youth,' Milton appeals instead by devout prayer to that etemall Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallow'd fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases ... (CPW1:820-1) The New... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 292 pagina’s
...obtain'd by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternall Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallow'd fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases: to this must be added industrious... | |
 | Mark L. Greenberg - 1996 - 224 pagina’s
...of a riming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can...altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases" (671), that claim is not made good in his poetry until Paradise Regained. There, Milton petitions for... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pagina’s
...of a riming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and... | |
 | Robert M. Ryan - 1997 - 324 pagina’s
...religious controversy as in the composition of poetry. Since literary genius is the gift of "that eternall Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge,...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," the divine calling of the poet provides credentials at least as legitimate as those bestowed by canonical... | |
 | Susan Glickman - 2000 - 234 pagina’s
...Reason of Church Government (1621), says that his poetry is inspired "by devout prayer to that eternali Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallow'd fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." See Milton's Selected... | |
 | Ian Balfour - 2002 - 372 pagina’s
...of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim...altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. 74 The closing phrase alludes to the purification of Isaiah, the singeing of his tongue by fire at... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pagina’s
...of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can...sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar0 to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases; to this must be added industrious and select... | |
 | Francis Blessington - 2004 - 161 pagina’s
...found, are the inspired gift of God rarely bestow'd" (Prose, 1:816). They are given by "that eternall Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallow'd fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases" (Prose, 1:82021), imitating... | |
 | Kristin A. Pruitt, Charles W. Durham - 2005 - 278 pagina’s
...Milton: "This," says he, "is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that . . . can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends...altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added industrious and select reading, steady observation, and . . . insight into all... | |
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