...descent, and up to reascend, so Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench 'd their orbs, 25 Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses...

...dark descent, and up to re-ascend, Though hard and rare : thee I re-visit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp, but thou Re-visit'st not these eyes, that...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenrti'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses...

...Though hard and rare : thee I re-visit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp, but thou Ke-visit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing...dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orba, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt Clear spring,...

...How pathetically does Milton lament the privations he sustained in consequence of his blindness! " Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp...serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiTd— " " Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of...

...re-ascend, SO Though hard and rare: thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp: but thon Hevisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing...: So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, 25 Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the muses haunt Clear spring,...

...by Milton, setting forth the mode of his own poetical composition, in despite of his blindness : " Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses...haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Si nil wilh the lore of sacred song ! but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowing brooks beneath, That wash...

...this most precious organ: " So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled ; yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses...haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill." In time he began to acquire greater facility of locomotion than he could have anticipated, and which...

...up to re-ascend, 20 Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; hut thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain...dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orhs, 23 12. Gen. i. 2. ' And the earth was without form and void' 16. ' Through Hell, which is often...

...the void and formless infinite. Thee I revisit now with bolder wing, Escap'd the Stygian pool * * * And feel thy sovran, vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st...where the muses haunt Clear spring or shady grove * * * * * * nor sometimes forget Those other two equall'd with me in fate. So were I equall'd with...

...and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare: thee I revisit safe, And feel...thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffuison veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove,...