 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
 | John Milton - 1998 - 1494 pages
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 | James Fieser - 2005 - 420 pages
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 | Rollo May - 1999 - 292 pages
...about "this three years' day these eyes": Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idol orbs doth sight appear Of sun or moon or star through-out the year, Or man or woman. Against heavens hand or will, Yet I argue not Nor bate a lot of heart or hope, but still bear up And... | |
 | Victoria Silver - 2001 - 432 pages
...as the anniversary of his blindness. The speaker's sense of alienation — of being set apart from "sun or moon or star throughout the year, / Or man or woman" — demands an acknowledgment that circumstance and the indifference of the world confines to a personal... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pages
...son. To Mr Cyriack Slanner Upon his Blindness Cyriack, mis three years' day these eyes, though clear0 To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light their seeing have forgot,0 Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun or moon or star throughout the year, Or man... | |
 | Andrew Milner - 2005 - 356 pages
...possibly 'fact'. Consider, for the moment, Milton's sonnet on his blindness: Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish...appear Of sun or moon or star throughout the year, Of man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but... | |
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