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 Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eas',l open to themselves at length the way Up hither, under long obedience tried ; [Earth, And Earth be chan dork in light, expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still... | |
| James Caughey - Methodist Church - 1845 - 336 pages
...extinct, And all her various ohjects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eased ; Inferior to the vilest now become, Of man or worm....here excel me : They creep, yet see; I dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong ; Within doors, or without, still as a fool ; Tn... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annulled, which might in part my grief have eased, Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm ;...excel me ; — They creep, yet see ; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power... | |
| William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annulled, which might in part my grief have eased: Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm;...excel me; — They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power... | |
| Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...me is extinct, Inferior to the vilest now become Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eas'd, Of man or worm ; the vilest here excel me ; They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, expos'd Within doors, or witheut, still as a fool, To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, In pow'r of... | |
| George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...extinct, And all her various objects of delight Aanulled, which might in part my grief have eased; Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm :...excel me ; They creep, yet see ; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong ; Within doors or without, still, as a fool, In... | |
| A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eased. Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm ;...excel me : They creep, yet see ; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power... | |
| John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have Inferior to the vilest now become [eased, Of man or worm; the vilest here excel me: They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age ! Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which...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 pow'r of others,... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...to me is extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief hare eas'd, Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or...; 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... | |
| |