And Tiresias and Phineus Prophets old.

The dark descent, and up to reascend, [ 20 ]

Escapt the Stygian Pool, though long detaind

Thee Sion and the flowrie Brooks beneath [ 30 ]

Though hard and rare: thee I revisit safe,

Taught by the heavnly Muse to venture d九_九_藏_书_网own

In that obscure sojourn, while in my flight [ 15 ]

Or hearst thou rather pure Ethereal stream,

Of God, as with a Mantle didst invest [ 10 ]

May I express thee unblamd? since God is light,

Or dim suffusion veild. Yet not the more

Bright effluｈtｔｐ://wｗw.９9ｌib.ｎeｔence of bright essence increate.

Those other two equald with me in Fate,

The rising world of waters dark and deep,

Whose Fountain who shall tell? before the Sun,

Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice

To find thy piercing ray, and find no 九_九_藏_书_网dawn;

Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, [ 5 ]

HAil holy light, ofspring of Heavn first-born,

Won from the void and formless infinite.

I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night,

So thick a drop serene hath quencht thir Orbs, [ 25 ]

Nightly I visit: nor somtimes f九九藏书网orget

And never but in unapproached light

Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt

So were I equald with them in renown,

That wash thy hallowd feet, and warbling flow,

Thee I re-visit now with bolder wing,

And feel thy sovran vital Lamp; but thou

With other notes then tｗｗw.９９lib•ｎｅｔo th Orphean Lyre

Blind Thamyris and blind Mæonides, [ 35 ]

Revisitst not these eyes, that rowle in vain

Through utter and through middle darkness borne

Cleer Spring, or shadie Grove, or Sunnie Hill,

Smit with the love of sacred Song; but chief

Or of th Eternal Coeternal beam