 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...  Thoughts and Aspirations of the Ages: Selections in Prose and Verse from the ... - Pagina 413geredigeerd door - 1895 - 715 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pagina’s
...what the Swedes intend.' JVeurfon. XXD. TO THE SAME. CYRIAC, this three years day these eyes, tho' clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet 1 argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pagina’s
...And Hen. More's Poems, p. 196. XXn. TO THE SAME. • CYRIAC, this three years day these eyes, tho' clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet 1 argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope... | |
 | Matthew Richey - 1839 - 394 pagina’s
...IT." hope of succours from on high commensurate with his necessities, he could confidently say, — " I argue not Against Heaven's hand, or will ; nor bate...hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward." Mr. Black was now of age. And it is interesting and delightful to witness the promptitude and zeal... | |
 | 1839 - 366 pagina’s
...mighty poet proposed to himself as an example of heroism, when he described his own fortitude — ' I argue not Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate...hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward'— why is it that Richard II. still commands our tears — even our sympathies ? It is this : — His... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pagina’s
...sublime. Let him speak for himself, in his own noble and immortal numbers. " CVRIACK, this three year's day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish...the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heavens hand or icill, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right ontrard.... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1893 - 702 pagina’s
...unconquerable will," which can exclaim with Milton, in the midst of the most trying disappointments, — " I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right on ward!" He seemed like a vessel, not wrecked and shattered on the rocks, but under full sail, just... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 pagina’s
...that retirement are sufficiently pointed out in his second sonnet to Skinner, written in 1655:— " Cyriack, this three years day these eyes, though clear,...the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What... | |
 | 1857 - 830 pagina’s
...the Almighty. Then let either of the BONNETS addressed to Syriac Skinner be read : " Syriac, these three years day, these eyes, though clear, To outward...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... | |
 | John Harrison Curtis - 1841 - 76 pagina’s
...indeed from being insensible to the magnitude of the loss he had sustained. " Cyriac, this three year's day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish...moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman."* But the eye is also one of the most delicate parts of the animal economy; and hence, in spite of the... | |
 | Guy Bryan Schott - 1841 - 62 pagina’s
...struggles. Misfortune may lay a heavy hand on some of you, before a year rolls round ; — yet — " argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and tteer Right onward!" The hour is past ; and I close with the last — the fondest wish of my heart... | |
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