...excel me; They creep, yet see ; I, dark in light, expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power...half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! 0 first created Beam, and thou great Word,...

...! Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annulled ' Still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own,...half. O dark ! dark ! dark ! amid the blaze of noon ; Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse, Without all hopes of day ! ' The enjoyment of sight then being...

...excel me : They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power...than half O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first-created Beam, and thou great Word,...

...excel me : They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power...in my own -^ Scarce half I seem to live, dead more lhan half. 0 dark, dark, dark, amid thé blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total éclipse Withoul...

...varied metrical feet respond to the movement of the emotion: O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope...over all," Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon. When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...and flowing with the speaker's almost unbearable pain: O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all hope...over all; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...mi eccelle, They creep, yet see, I dark in light expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power...never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more then half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all...

...excel me: They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool. In power...— Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. . . John Milton (1608-1674) English poet But who would rush at a benighted man And give him two black...

...dark, dark, amid tie blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all hope of day! Ofrft created Beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light,...over all; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar...

...excel me, They creep, yet see, I dark in light exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power...half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created Beam, and thou great Word,...