 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...  A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams - Página 120por Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 733 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1895 - 844 páginas
...Qnotations arc indeed often sadly mangled. Mr. John Bright once qnoted the lines from Milton : — I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...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... | |
 | 1827 - 516 páginas
...confided his lately discovered " Treatise on Christian Doctrine." 152 Cyriac, this three-years-day, these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish...jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, Friend, to have lost them overplied... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1845 - 436 páginas
...confided his lately discovered " Treatise on Christian Doctrine." ' ' Cyriac, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish...jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, to have lost them overplied... | |
 | 1909 - 502 páginas
...day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. TO THE SAME (1655) CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish...jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied... | |
 | 1850 - 44 páginas
...world ought never to forget Milton, either as a poet or a patriot: " Cyriac, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish...forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear, Of suu, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1868 - 366 páginas
...When fallen on evil days and evil tongues," in obscurity and neglect, in blindness and poverty, would "Argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward ; " and give to England's and the world's literature, those seraphic anthems that tell... | |
 | John Joseph Craven, Edward K. Eckert - 1987 - 252 páginas
...these idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or stars, throughout the year, Or man, or unman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor...jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.^ •CHAPTER 6' Operations on the Southern Coast. — Davis Hears that he is Indicted... | |
 | Kevin P. Van Anglen - 1993 - 280 páginas
...position as a poet-priest of the waning New England dominant class: Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish...the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - 1993 - 470 páginas
...the words with which Milton, in the second sonnet to Cyriack Skinner, speaks of the loss of his eyes: Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor...jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied... | |
 | Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt - 1996 - 292 páginas
...of his life, but turns toward the poem and ultimately to his friend: Cyriack, this three years day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish...jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, Friend, to have lost them overplied... | |
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