...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,...

...with mighty wings outspread 19 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; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of...

...with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, 21 And mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways...

...with mighty wings outspread zo 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 ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways...

...with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satt'st •brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of...

...instance, in the following line of Milton, ............................What in me is dark, lliumine ; what is low, raise and support. The sense clearly dictates the pause after '' illumine,1' at the end of the third syllable, which, in reading, ought to be made accordingly ;...

...gracefully. In such cases it is best to sacrifice sound to sense. For instance, in the following lines of Milton : — — What in me is dark, Illumine ;...sense clearly dictates the pause after « illumine," which ought to be observed ; though, if melody only were to be regarded, " illumine" should be connected...

...with mighty Vings outspread, 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 ! That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of...

...and with mighty wings outspread 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; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And ''justify the ways of...

...unharmoniously ; but the effect would be much worse, if the sense were sacrificed to the sound. For instance, in the following line of Milton : \ What...support — The sense clearly dictates the pause after " illu" mine," at the end of the third syllable, which, in reading, ought to be made accordingly ;...