 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts that voluntary...with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Meeonides, And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old; Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary...herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Presented with a universal blank Cut off,... | |
 | Albert Henry Payne - 1844 - 270 pages
...voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tnnes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return,...herds, or human face divine, But cloud instead, and ever-dnring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of meo Cut off, and for the book of knowledge... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 562 pages
...other man, and the enjoyments of his soul approached nearest to those which form our hopes of heaven. "Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me...herds, or human face divine : But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides,1 And Tiresias,2 and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts that voluntary...herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge... | |
 | Daphne Smith Giles - American poetry - 1845 - 186 pages
...misfortune, we are taught Uic valuc of sight. How pathetic is tha lamentation of lhti blind Poet, Milton : " Thus with the year " Seasons return ; but not to me...herds, or human face divine, But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful Ways of men Cut off, and fur tlsc book of Knowledge... | |
 | 1858 - 708 pages
...it is for the eyes to behold the sun." Milton, who knew its value by its loss, plaintively sings : "Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me...herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men • Cut off, and for the book of knowledge... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...shall sleep in thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning." 3. " Seasons return : But not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn,...herds or human face divine ; But cloud, instead, and ever-during dark Surround me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and, for the book of knowledge... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in the shadiest cover hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. 6. Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me...herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off", and, for the book of knowledge... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - Biography - 1846 - 392 pages
...pride or indifference. He feels his affliction as a man, but it is sanctified to him as a Christian. " Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns...herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead and ever-daring dark Surrounds me. From the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge... | |
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Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine... 
