...Never did he forget the ' destiny divine' which awaited him in the completion of a work. — ' Not to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and...altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases : — then, amidst the hymns and hallelujahs of saints, some one, perhaps, may be heard offering at...

...country. " This," says Milton, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to the 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 seemly...

...country. " This," says Milton, " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to the 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 seemly...

...by devout prayer to the Eternal Spirit, that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases. To this must be added select reading, steady observation, and insight into all seemly and generous...

...that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance arid knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim, with hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." 'WHEW foes the hand of menace shook, And friends betrayed, denied, forsook, Then Woman, meekly constant...

...trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit,...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." He availed himself of all opportunities to praise and recommend that steadfast temperance which himself...

...without private prayer to that Being " who is the source of all utterance and knowledge, who sendeth the seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," he desired that this high dignity, if not already disposed of, should be entrusted to him. He accepted...

...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. (3:241) Thus in the poem Milton repeatedly insists on the unique truth of Christian revelation and...

...rather "by devout prayer to that eternali Spirit who . . . sends out his Seraphim with the hallow'd fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases" (1.820—1). And the notorious "left hand" image, the central evidence for the separatist condemnation,...

...work is guided by ''that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar,...to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases," and whose assistance is obtained only by "devout prayer."55 If we do not respect the possibility that...