 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 pages
...the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow XIX. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere...denied ? " I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies,-" God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare. J. Milton ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent Ere...denied ? I fondly ask :—But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies; God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts : who best Bear his... | |
 | Kathryn Ann Lindskoog - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1989 - 284 pages
...reads, When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless,...account, lest he returning chide; "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replied, "God doth... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...124 When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that tle, but not to return my stare. (1. 41—42) IB day labor, light denied?" I fondly ask; by Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies: "God doth... | |
 | Margretta M. Styles, Patricia Moccia - Allied health personnel - 1993 - 376 pages
...Regained. When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless,...light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his... | |
 | American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...Milton When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest He returning chide; "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth... | |
 | Masson - Poetry - 1995 - 228 pages
...the stars heard, the soul's blood, The land of spices, something understood. GEORGE HERBERT On his Blindness When I consider how my light is spent Ere...light denied? I fondly ask: - But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies; God doth not need Either man's work, or His own gifts: who best Bear His... | |
 | Antoinette Line - Drama - 1997 - 70 pages
...Follow up reading 'A voyage Round my Father' by John Mortimer 'From Cornea! Graft' by Anne Ridler ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent, Ere...returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied9" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need Either... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 302 pages
...form: When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless,...account, lest he returning chide; "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask; but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 2000 - 514 pages
...MILTON When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...true account, lest he returning chide "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied," I fondly ask; But patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth... | |
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WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,... 
