Of Deity supreme, us dispossessed, ́ He trusted to have seized, and into fraud Drew many, whom their place knows here no more; Yet far the greater part have kept, I see, 145 Their station; Heaven yet populous retains Though wide, and this high temple to frequent 150 155 And Earth be changed to Heaven, and Heaven to Earth, One kingdom, joy and union without end. 142 us dispossessed, we having been dispossessed. This is a Latinism The objective case is made absolute instead of the nominative, which is more common in English. 143. fraud, treachery; rebel lion. 144. "Neither shall his place know him any more." Job vii. 10. 160 165 149. ministeries, ministries. 152. My damage fondly deemed, vainly considered as injury done to me. 162. inhabit lax, dwell at large, with ample room. 168. I am. See Exodus iii. 14. 169. Another construction divides the sentence at Infinitude, putting a comma after space, and a semicolon after not, line 172. Though I uncircumscribed myself retire, And put not forth my goodness which is To act or not, necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate. "So spake the Almighty, and to what His Word. the filial Godhead, gave effect. Immediate are the acts of God, more swit Than time or motion, but to human ears Cannot without procéss of speech be told, So told as earthly notion can receive. Great triumph and rejoicing was in Heave When such was heard declared the Almig Glory they sung to the Most High, good-w To future men, and in their dwellings pea Glory to him whose just avenging ire Had driven out the ungodly from his sight "So sang the Hierarchies. Meanwhile t 170. myself retire, withdraw myself. 176. Immediate. "He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." Psalm Xxxiii. 9. highest, and on earth p will toward men." Lu 192. Hierarchies, ord gels. 195. sapience, wisdon 199. Virtues, one of 182, 183. "Glory to God in the of celestial beings. Sec 200 From the armory of God, where stand of old Myriads between two brazen mountains lodged, Against a solemn day harnessed at hand, Celestial equipage; and now came forth Spontaneous, for within them spirit lived, Attendant on their Lord: Heaven opened wide 205 Her ever-during gates, harmonious sound On golden hinges moving, to let forth The King of glory, in his powerful Word And Spirit coming to create new worlds. "On heavenly ground they stood, and from the shore They viewed the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea, dark, wasteful, wild, Up from the bottom turned by furious winds And surging waves, as mountains, to assault Heaven's height, and with the centre mix the pole. 666 211 214 Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, Said then the omnific Word; 'your discord end!' Far into Chaos and the world unborn; For Chaos heard his voice. Him all his train 220 Followed in bright procession, to behold Then stayed the fervid wheels, and in his hand 201. brazen mountains. "And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass." Zechariah vi. 1. 204. within them spirit lived. "Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went; thither was their spirit to go." Ezekiel i. 20. 208. The King of glory. Psalm xxiv. 7-10. 225 See 214. It is supposed that the poc may have dictated In instead of And. - as, like. 217. omnific, all-making. treas. 226. store, treasury or ure. - circumscribe, draw a line around, so as to include. This universe and all created things : "Thus God the heaven created, thus th Matter unformed and void: darkness profo Covered the abyss; but on the watery caln His brooding wings the Spirit of God outsp And vital virtue infused and vital warmth Throughout the fluid mass, but downward The black, tartareous, cold, infernal dregs, Adverse to life: then founded, then conglo Like things to like, the rest to several place Disparted, and between spun out the air; And Earth self-balanced on her centre hung "Let there be light!' said God, and Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, And light from darkness by the hemisphere 227. This universe, this world of heaven and earth. 233-235." And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Genesis i. 2. 236. virtue, power. 237. purged, separated. 239. then founded, then conglobed, then melted or run together, and afterwards formed into a mass like things to like, those things that co with each other. 240. the rest, those w not thus be founded globed. - several, sep tinct. 243-252. See Genes 248. tabernacle, ter rary abode. 250. by the hemisphe earth is round, one hemisphere must be the other is light. Divided light the day, and darkness night : He named. Thus was the first day even and morn; By the celestial quires, when orient light 255 And touched their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works; Creator him they sung, Both when first evening was, and when first morn. 66 Again God said, 'Let there be firmament Amid the waters, and let it divide The waters from the waters.' 261 And God made The firmament, expanse of liquid, pure, In circuit to the uttermost convex Of this great round; partition firm and sure, 265 270 275 "The earth was formed; but in the womb as yet Of waters embryon immature involved, 257. universal orb, sphere which, according to the ancient astronomy, contained the earth and all the heavenly bodies. 253-260. "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." Job xxxviii. 7. 260. evening is mentioned be fore morn, as in Genesis i., the Hebrews having considered the day to begin at sunset. 261-275. See Genesis i. 6-8. 270. circumfluous, flowing round. 273. Contiguous, coming so near as to touch or strike each other. |