 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.  Literary Leaves - Page 202by David Lester Richardson - 1840Full view - About this book
 | 1850 - 424 pages
...the 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 or of spot, Bereft of lipht, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear, Of sun, or moon, or star,... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pages
...with two sonnets composed in the same lofty strain : — TO CYKIAC SKINNER. Cyriac ! this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of...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 Bight onward.... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1851 - 474 pages
...were all shut out from him. " These eyes," he says in one of the sonnets written in his blindness, " Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or stare, throughout the year, Or man or woman." He was, indeed, in a dark and solitary place : but it... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 508 pages
...or of Spot, Bereft of Sight, their Seeing have forgot : Nor to their idle Orbs doth day appear, Or Sun, or Moon, or Star, throughout the Year ; Or Man, or Woman ; yet I argue not Againft Heaven's Hand, or Will, nor bate one jot Of Heart or Hope ; but ftill bear up, and fteer Right... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pages
...light their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Cyriac, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Of sun, or moon, or star, (throughout the year,) Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not 2 Against Heaven's... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...the day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. XXII. TO THE SAME. CYRIAC, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of...not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...soul, and beneath the lustre of it he indites the sonnet to Cyriac Skinner. " Cyriac, 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.... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 350 pages
...sends a cheerful hour, refrains. XXH. TO THE SAME. C v EIAC, this three years day these eyes, tho' clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...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.... | |
 | 1852 - 596 pages
...blank. The prince of English poets, in reference to himself, thus pours forth his lamentations: "The&e eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or...forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of son, or moon, or star throughout the year; Or man or woman! Not to me returns Dny, or the sweet approach... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 554 pages
...the People, was not published till twenty years after the author's death. Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of...Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope j but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports roe, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend,... | |
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