 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEW 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-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | William George T. Barter - 1863 - 302 pages
...and he could write that also. Where does religion more purely breathe than in that affecting sonnet on his blindness ? — When I consider how my light...account, lest He, returning, chide ; Doth God exact day-labour, liglit denied ? I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies : —... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...consider how my light is spent Kre half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent 3 which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...light denied?" I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth nov need Either man's work, or his own gifts; who best 1 " Few... | |
 | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta - Christian poetry, German - 1863 - 332 pages
...BLINDNESS. !|HEN 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-labour light denied ? " I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies — God... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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,...account, lest he returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth... | |
 | Masson - Poetry - 1995 - 228 pages
...beyond 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...true account, lest He returning chide, Doth God exact day-labour, light denied? I fondly ask: - But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies; God doth... | |
 | Antoinette Line - Drama - 1997 - 70 pages
...appreciated. 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,...account, lest he returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied9" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth... | |
 | 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,...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... | |
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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... 
