 Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies : The ^Ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends...  The American Preceptor - Page 171de Caleb Bingham - 1825Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1879 - 586 pages
...Pope may have had such a representation in his mind when he penned the opening of his Messiah : — " From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies ; Th' ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.1' 33. Entirely... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...maids, Delight no more. O Thou my voice inspire Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire! POPE. 479 Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin...Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies : Th' Ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove. Ye Heavens... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 740 pages
...maids,* Delight no more. — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son ! o From Jesse's root behold a branch arise,"1 Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies :... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 pages
...Aonian maids, Delight no more. O Thou my voice inspire, Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun : A virgin...sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies ; The aethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic dove. Ye heavens, from... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 pages
...maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire. Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire ! ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic dove. Ye heavens ! from... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...maids, Delight no more — О Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lipe with fire ! m 4 : Th' Ethereal Spirit o'er ite leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove. Ye heavens... | |
 | English poets - 1889 - 596 pages
...Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun : A Virgin...branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills trie skies: The ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic dove.... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...Aonian maids, Delight no more — 0 thou my voice inspire Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire I Rapt into future times the bard begun : A virgin shall conceive — a virgin bear a son ! Prom Jesse's root behold a branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the sk ies ! The... | |
 | English poetry - 1883 - 338 pages
...maids, Delight no more—O thou, my voice inspire, 6 Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times, the bard begun: A Virgin shall...Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: l0 The Ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove. Ye heavens!... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...— Oh, Thou my voice inspire, Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future time the bard begun : — A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin...sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies ; The ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove. Ye heavens ! from... | |
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