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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... "
Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of ... - Page 331
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...B'indaess. WHENI consider how my light is spent Kie half my days, in this dark world and wiiit And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returinng chide Doth God exact day-labor, light deny'd, I fondly ask ? but patience to prevent That...
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Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ...

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...BLINDNESS. 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, Lodg'd 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...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN J. 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, Lodg'd 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; .whprbest **...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 7

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to bide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To...chide, ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied i' I fondly ask : but, Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's...
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The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal ..., Volume 3

1822 - 592 pages
...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...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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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British ..., Volume 3

New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...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,...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 Bearhismild...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...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,...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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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Blindness. When 1 consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that o teach their frugal virtues to his heir ; To prove...are chang'd, and one poetic itch Has seiz'd the co day labour, light denied, I fondly ask? but patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth...
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Suicide and its antidotes

Solomon Piggott - Suicide - 1824 - 422 pages
...talent, which is death to bide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul were bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,...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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