 To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half.  English Poems - Page 209by John Milton - 1873Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1747 - 180 pages
...than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit Age ! Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, 70 And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which...might in part my grief have eas'd, Inferior to the vileft now become Of man or worm ; the vileft here excel me: They creep, yet fee; I dark in light expos'd... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 360 pages
...than chains, Dungeon, or beggery, or decrepit age ! Light the prime work of God to me' is extinft, 70 And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which...might in part my grief have eas'd, Inferior to the vileft now become Of man or worm ; the vileft here excel me, They creep, yet fee, I dark in light expos'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age ! Light the prime work of God to me is extinct, 7(1 And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which...excel me, They creep, yet see, I dark in light expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of... | |
 | 1807 - 216 pages
...: Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, And all her various objects of delight AnnnllM , which might in part my grief have eas'd ; Inferior...me : They creep, yet see ; I dark in light expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong ; Within doors, or without, still as a fool. In power of... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...And all her various objects of delight AnrralTd, which might in part my grief have eas'd, Inreriour to the vilest now become Of man or worm; the vilest...me ; They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse> and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eas'd, Inferiour to the vilest now become Of man or worm; the vilest...me; They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...pathetic lines, where he seems to paint himself, in Sampson Agonis* tes : I dark in light, expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own, Scaree half I seem to live, dead more than half, Unfortunate as he had proved in matrimony, he was... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...all her various objects of delight [eas'd, Aiiuull'd, which might in part my grief have Inferiorto the vilest now become Of man or worm ; the vilest...me; They creep, yet see ; I, dark in light, expos'd To daily fvaud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still-as a fool, In power of... | |
 | Liverpool (England) - 1812 - 250 pages
...of all, O loss of sight I of thee I most complain : light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eas'd , Inferior to Che vilest now become Of man or worm. The vilest here excel me : They creep, yet see; I, dark in light,... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age .' And all her various objects of delight Annull't!, which might in part my grief have eas'd, Inferior...wrong. Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In pow'r of others, never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark,... | |
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