 O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, Dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age! Light, the prime work of God, to me...  Anecdotes of the Blind - Page 42by Abram V. Courtney - 1835 - 52 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797
...But chief of all, ÂÊïË. Î lofs of fight, of thee I muft complain ! Blind among enemies, O worfe than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, decrepid age. Light, the prime work of God, to me is extina, And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eas'J»... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802
...and raz'd. And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out." Again in Samson Agonistes. -But chief of all. O loss of sight ! of thee I most complain : Blind...enemies ! O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age ! Lsght, the prime work of Ood, to me's extinct, And all her various objects of delight... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1803
...• And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out." Again, in Samson Agonistes : But chief of a!!, O fcss of sight! of thee I most complain : Blind among enemies ! O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age ! Light, the prime work of God, to me 's extinct, And all her various objects of delight... | |
 | 1803
...one entrance quite shut out." ' Again, in Samson Agonistes : " But chief of all, O loss of sight f of thee I most complain : Blind among enemies ! O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age ! Light, the prime work of God, to me 's extinct, And all her various objects of delight... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805
...the eye ; the sense of seeing. If beesgofqrth right to a place, they must needs have sight. B.iion. O loss of sight, of thee I most complain ! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, Dungeon, or begg;iry, decrepit age ! Aft/tan. Things invisible to mortal livbt. _ Milton. Tis still the same, although... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807
...all, O lofs of fight, of thee I moft complain ! Blind among enemies, Q worfe than chains, Dongeon, or beggary, decrepid age. Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinft, And all her various objects of delight BLI Ar.ir.nTd, which might in part my grief have eas'd,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808
...rax'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite nhul gi.i.' ' Again in Samson Agoniste*. " - But chief of all, O loss of sight! of thee I most complain: Blind among enemies ! O worse than chain*, Dungeon, or beggary, or decripit age! Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinet, And all... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...and raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out" ' Again in Samson Agonistes. -But chief of all, O loss of sight ! of thee I most complain : Blind...enemies ! O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decripit age ! Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct, And all her various objects of delight... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810
...all my miseries; So many, and so huge, that each apart Would ask a life to wail; but chief of all, O loss of sight, of thee I most complain ! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggery, or decrepit age! Light the prime work of God, to me is extinct, And all her various objects... | |
 | John Milton - 1810
...all my miseries; So many, and so huge, that each apart Would ask a life to wail; but chief of all, O loss of sight, of thee I most complain ! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggery, or decrepit age! Light the prime work of God, to me is extinct, And all her various objects... | |
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