...Milton's beautiful and pathetic lamentation : "With the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Pay, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of...herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and, for the book of knowledge...

...in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even, or morn,...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out ! So much the rather thou, celestial...

...returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or Hock?, nd painted Stoa next : There shall thou hear and learn...various-measur'd verse, folian charms arid Dorian lyric odes, expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light,...

...or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; 4!> But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd, 50 And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out ! So much the rather thou, celestial...

...returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn. Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rone, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud...from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the hook of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged and razed,...

...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...rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out." The words died away — there was a sudden start — a pause — a listening. The girl rose with a...

...bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud, instead, and cver-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut...universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and razed, And wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine...

...thee. Thomson. BEAUTIES OF NATURE LOST TO THE BLIND. THUS with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn,...rased, And wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out. Milton. CONSTANCY AMID GENERAL DEFECTIONS SERVANT of God, well done ! Well hastthou fought The better...

...strains, " Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of eve or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom or summer's rose,...rased, And wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out." There is, however, a more fearful privation still ; it is spiritual blindness, an ignorance of the...

...nocturnal note. Thus with the year 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,...rased, 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...