CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I... The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author - Страница 360по John Milton - 1839Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 страници
...idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate...supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 556 страници
...sonnet to Syriac Skinner he thus reverts to his blindness : — -" Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but...supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side... | |
| 1857 - 830 страници
...appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Tet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but...still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports mo, dost thou ask T The conscience, friond, to hare lost them overplied In liberty's defense, my noble... | |
| John Keble - 1842 - 332 страници
...paraphrase here used of the scriptural phrase " straight forward " is Miltonic,— Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up, and steer , RIGHT ONWARD." " Tet, I argue not Sonnet to Cyriac Skinner.] t [It is delightful to see that as the first of the two... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 364 страници
...appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but...supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 страници
...Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not . " Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supporta me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence,... | |
| 1843 - 404 страници
...still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conseience, friend, to have lost them overplied IN LIBERTY'S DEFENCE, MY...TASK, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain maek — Content, though blind, I had no better... | |
| 1849 - 600 страници
...reference to the loss of his eyes, in his sonnet to Cyriac Skinner: — "Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but...supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my noble task ! Of which all Europe rings from side... | |
| 1895 - 844 страници
...sadly mangled. Mr. John Bright once qnoted the lines from Milton : — I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. The reporter was not familiar with the passage, and having no idea that Mr. Bright was qnoting poetry,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 страници
...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun or moon or star throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate...supports me, dost thou ask .' The conscience, Friend, to have lost them overply'd In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe talks from side... | |
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