 ON HIS BEING ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 535by John Milton - 1917 - 625 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits mdu'ih. Yet be it lessor more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest...high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of All is, if I have grace to use it so, ! Heav'n ; As ever in my great Task-master's eye. VIII. When... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear,...Time leads me, and the Will of Heaven; All is, if 1 h4V£ grace to use it so, III. When tlte assault was intended to the CITY. CAPTAIN, or Colonel, or... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear,...Toward which Time leads me, and the Will of Heaven; III. When the assault w*« intended to the CITY. CAPTAIN, or Colonel, or Knight in arms, Whose chance... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'tb. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall...high, Toward which Time leads me, and the Will of All is, if 1 have grace to use it so, [Heaven : As ever in my great Task-Master's eye. VI IL WHEW THE... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...three-and-twentiethyear! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom show'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That...high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of HeaAH is, if I have grace to use it so, [ven ; As ever in my great Task-Master's eye. VIII. WHEN THE... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...arrived so near ; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endueth. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall...high, Toward which Time leads me, and the Will of All is, if I have grace to use it so, [Heaven ; As ever in my great Task-Master's eye. MILTON. ©n... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...arrived so near ; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endueth. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall...high, Toward which Time leads me, and the Will of All is, if I have grace to use it so, [Heaven; As ever in my great Task-Master's eye. MILTON. ffin... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...arrived so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endueth. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall...high, Toward which Time leads me, and the Will of All is, if I have grace to use it so, [Heaven; As ever in my great Task-Master's eye. ©n tfjt late... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...arrived so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits cndueth. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall...high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of All is, if I have grace to use it so, [Heaven ; As ever in my great Task-master's eye. 35 ON HIS BLINDNESS.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...near, And inward-ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely happy spirits indu'th. L Vet ! Heav'n ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great task-master's eye. To 3Ir. H. Lames,... | |
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