 CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet...  Western Reserve Studies - Page 64de Western Reserve University - 1924Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Josiah Quincy - 1840 - 760 pages
...and thereby secure to himself and it an enviable immortality. To such a one I would say, ' Bate not a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up, and steer Right onward.' "But I confess that my thoughts have been led in a somewhat different direction from that of the law... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...star, throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heavens hand or icill, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right ontrard. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1893 - 702 pages
...midst of the most trying disappointments, — " I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right on ward!" He seemed like a vessel, not wrecked and shattered on the rocks, but under full sail, just... | |
 | 1857 - 830 pages
...star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Tet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports mo, dost thou ask T The conscience, friond, to hare lost them overplied In liberty's defense, my noble... | |
 | James Harris - 1841 - 616 pages
...his own blindness, he says, with a becoming magnanimity, Yet I argue not AgainstJwaven'shandoraeitt; nor bate one jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up, and steer llyhf onaeards. The whole sonnet is not unworthy of perusal, being both sublime and simple. I* Thus... | |
 | John Foxe - 1841 - 1008 pages
...labours of our great martyrologist, I resolved to comply with the request of my friend ; " to bate no jot of heart or hope ; but still bear up, and steer right onward," till I have completed the work in which I have made such progress. I aim at the union of Christians... | |
 | John Keble - 1842 - 332 pages
...the scriptural phrase " straight forward " is Miltonic,— Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up, and steer , RIGHT ONWARD." " Tet, I argue not Sonnet to Cyriac Skinner.] t [It is delightful to see that as the first of the two... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask?... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1868 - 366 pages
...obscurity and neglect, in blindness and poverty, would "Argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward ; " and give to England's and the world's literature, those seraphic anthems that tell us how Paradise... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - 2010 - 309 pages
...served. 2 THE COMMONWEALTH After the Darkness Yet I argue not Against heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward. (Sonner 22) It is ironic that just as the English Republic had set its domestic house in order and... | |
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