...! offspring of Heaven first born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...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...

...conform the order of our lives ! " Sublimity. " Hail ! holy Light, offspring of heaven first born,— Or, of the Eternal, coeternal beam May I express thee...GOD is Light, And never but in unapproached light 5 Dwelt from eternity, — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ; Or hearst...

...sire's return, Or climb his knees, the envied kiss to share." 2. Solemnity and Sublimity combined. " Hail ! holy Light, — offspring of Heaven, first-born,...bright Essence increate ! Or hearst thou, rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? — Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert,...

...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,...

...of heaven first born, Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam ! May I express thee unblumed ? Since God ia light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from...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...

...consult began. ADDRESS TO LIGHT.6 HAIL, holy Light ! offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal7 coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed ? since...light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence8 of bright essence increate. 1 Arbitress — witness, spectatress. * Nearer to the earth...

...! offspring of heaven 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. - — — — - — Before the sun Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a...

...! offspring of heaven first born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam ! Mav I express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Before the sun Before the heavens thoa wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, did'st invest...

...light, offspring of heaven first born. Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam ! May I express thee unblnmcd ? Since God is light, And never but in unapproached...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence incrente. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream. Whose fountain who shall telll Before the sun...

...! 2. Oh swear not by the moon, the inconstant mooiif That monthly cAan-ges in her circling orb. 3. Hail, ho-ly light, offspring of Heaven first-born...Eternal co-eternal beam • May I express thee unblamed ? ' _ 4. Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults. — Res-tore thou them that are penitent....