...(Paradise Lost, Book 3rd.) Seasons return. but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n and morn, Or sight of vernal bloom. or summer's rose,...herds, or human face divine ; But clouds instead. and ever-daring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of man Cut off, and for the book of knowledge...

...reflections, — " With the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'o or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and over during- dark Surrounds me. from the cheerful ways of men Cot off, and for the...

...prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful hird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year 40 Seasons return, but not to me returns Pay, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn , Or sight of vernal...

...thoughts, or studied facts; never the flow of the unsought visitings of the Muse. He never seemed " To feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sits darkling, and, in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note." The Poty-olbion is a wonderful...

...them in renown,— Blind Thamyris, and blind Ma'onides, And TiresiaS and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers...not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even and morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or (locks, or herds, or human face divine ; But...

...involuntarily, to that single gleam of light, which reminds him only of scenes that exist no longer to him. " Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me...rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surround me."} * Gray, de Princip. Cogit. lib. iv 85—96. t Paradise...

...Regained," lamenting liis blindness, exclaims, " Thus, with the year, Seasons return ; bat not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn,...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine." (" Paradise Lost," b. iii., 1. 40-44.) In the concluding stanza of this beautiful hymn, "...

...them in renown ! Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides; And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers: as the wakeful bird vOL. I. P Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons...

...renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides ; And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed ou thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers —...rose, Or flocks, or 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...

...prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful hird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her...rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways .of men Cut off, and for' the...