 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
 | James W. Powell - 1849 - 176 pagina’s
...afflicting disease Amaurosis, which is so feelingly pourtrayed by the suffering MILTON, — " These eyea, though clear To outward view, of blemish, or of spot,...Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to the idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year! Or man, or woman I" Many... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pagina’s
...nearest way ; For other things mild Heaven a time ordains. TO THE SAME. Cyriac, this three-years-day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish...throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Airuimt Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Hi.r|it... | |
 | 1850 - 778 pagina’s
...touching sonnet addressed to his friend Cyriac Skinner. " Cyriac, this three years day, these eyes, tho' clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear W Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Of man or woman ; — yet I argue not Against Heaven's... | |
 | William Henry Channing - 1850 - 706 pagina’s
...Borne upward by this, and such large Поре, Zeal, 'riumph, Love of Reform, and love of man, he will "Argue not Against Heaven's hand or will ; nor bate...or hope, but still bear up, and steer Right onward " feeling in himself that though the seasons are unpropitious, they will be crowned with an abundant... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1850 - 368 pagina’s
...sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, (throughout the, year,) Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not 12 Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer 3 Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pagina’s
...shall conclude with two sonnets composed in the same lofty strain : — TO CYEIAC SKINNER. Cyriac ! this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Eight onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pagina’s
...shall conclude with two sonnets composed in the same lofty strain : — TO CYKIAC SKINNER. Cyriac ! this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To...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 Bight onward.... | |
 | Caroline Elizabeth S. Norton (hon. mrs. George.) - 1851 - 990 pagina’s
...themselves, that I should have endured to the end ; that I should still have been able to say with Milton : ' I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...or hope : but still bear up and steer Right onward L' And, oh ! do not think that what I say in the way of encouragement, is said in the way of boasting.... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1851 - 474 pagina’s
...were all shut out from him. " These eyes," he says in one of the sonnets written in his blindness, " Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or stare, throughout the year, Or man or woman." He was, indeed, in a dark and solitary place : but it... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pagina’s
...blemish or of spot, Of sun, or moon, or star, (throughout the year,) Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not 2 Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer 4 In liberty's defence : my noble task, 3 Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience,... | |
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