 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 - Page 360by John Milton - 1834Full view - About this book
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1857 - 830 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Theology - 1843 - 686 pages
...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,... | |
 | Slavery - 1843 - 404 pages
...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... | |
 | American literature - 1849 - 600 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1845 - 432 pages
...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... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1845 - 436 pages
...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... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1827 - 516 pages
...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... | |
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