 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 Seiten
...BLINDNESS. WHEN 1 consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...denied ?" I fondly ask : but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts; who best Bear his... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 Seiten
...may grow A hundred fold, who, having learn'd thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe. XIX. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere...denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 Seiten
...waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, And she shall be mv queen. SONNETS. ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent Ere...chide : " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied 1" I fondly ask : but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 Seiten
...these may grow A hundred-fold, who having learned thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian wo. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent,...account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | 1856 - 666 Seiten
...submission and endurance. In either, or both ways, he solemnly resolves faithfully to adhere to duty. OS HIS BLINDNESS. " When I consider how my light is spent,...death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul were bent, To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide : '... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 Seiten
...thousand actions once afoot, End in one purpose, and be all well borne Without defeat. SONNET ON HIS BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is spent Ere...which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though iny soul more bent To serve wherewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, elude;... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 Seiten
...invade, Beneath His wings' propitious shade. Submitting snnrself tofiollji unto &(s to tfl. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent,...denied?" I fondly ask — But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies — " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 Seiten
...waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, And she shall be my queen. SONNETS. ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent Ere...account, lest he, returning, chide : " Doth God exact day-lab'nnr, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God... | |
 | 1850 - 300 Seiten
...Rolls the swift planets in their spheres, And counts the sinner's lonely tears. MILTON'S SONNET ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent,...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. " Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 Seiten
...Judge ; who thenceforth bade thee rest, And drink thy fill of pure immortal streams. ' ON THE AUTHOR S BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere...denied ? " I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, — " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
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WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,... 
