...ihither prone in flight He speeds,-— and through the vast ethereal sky. v. 267. Up on the third, what in me is dark Illumine, — what is low raise and support; !. 23. as th/-' wakeful hird Sines darkling, — and in shadiest covert hid. iii. 39. Upon the fourth,...

...; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread SO Dove-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark lllumin, what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal...

...cases it is best to sacrifice sound to sense. For instance, in the following lines of Milton : — — What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support. The sense clearly dictates the pause after « illumine," which ought to be observed ; though, if melody...

...know'st ; Thou from the I'M; t [spread Wast present, and with mighty wings ontDovc-like satst brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is Ion' raise and support ! That to the hright of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence,...

...mighty wingsout spread. Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : whnt in me is dark. Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That to the heighth of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men....

...worse, if the sense were sacrificed to the sound. For instance, in the following line of Milton, -" What in me is dark, " Illumine ; what is low, raise and support :" the sense clearly dictates the pause after illumine, at the end of the third syllable, which, in...

...worse, if the sense were sacrificed to the sound. For instance, in the following line of Milton : \ What in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support — The sense clearly dictates the pause after " illu" mine," at the end of the third syllable, which,...

...worse, if the sense were sacrificed to the sound. Foi instance, in the following line of Milton, " What in me is dark, " Illumine ; what is low, raise and support." The sense clearly dictates the pause after illumine, at the end of the third syllable, which, in reading,...

...^rhou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread, 20 Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me...is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support; Thit to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways...

...sueh eases it is best to saerifiee sound to sense. For instanee, in the following lines of Milton : -What in me is dark, Illumine . what is low, raise and support. The sense elearly dietates the pause after " illumine," whieh ought to he observed ; though, if melody...