 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nofturnal note. Thus with the year 43 Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,...universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. 5* So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark 45 Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off,...universal blank Of Nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd, And Wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. 50 So much the rather thou celestial Light, Shine... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark 4; Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off,...universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. 50 So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark, Surround me : from the cheerful ways of men Cut oft", and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with...raz'd. And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out." Again in Samson Agonistes. -But chief of all. O loss of sight ! of thee I most complain : Blind among... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...summer's rose, Or flocks or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surround me ; from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for...raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. Again, in Samson Agonistes, But chief of all' O loss of sight ! ofthee I most complain ; Blind among... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...with me. Sbaiipcare. Omission to do what is necessary, Seals a commission to a blank of danger. Shalt. For the book of knowledge fair, Presented with an...universal blank Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd. Milton, Life may be one great blank, which> though not blotted with sin, is yet without any... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herdsfor human face divine; But clouds instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the...raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light ! Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 342 pages
...rose, Or flocks or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark, Surround me : from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for...raz'd. And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out." ' Again in Samson Agonistes. " But chief of all, O loss of sight! of thee 1 most complain: Blind among... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 pages
...row. Or nock«, or herd*, or human face divine ; But clouds Instead, and ever during lUrk Surround« me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for...Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to roe cxpung'd and ras'd. And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou. cclestul... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 710 pages
...divine ; But clouds instead, and ever during dark Surround^ me, from the cheerful wavi of men Ctft off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to me expun^'d and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celcstlil light.... | |
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Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks or herds or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men... 
