...Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flecks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead,...ever.during dark Surrounds me. from the cheerful ways of men t'nl iil, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works to...

...(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, Or flocks. or 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...

...and warbling flow, Nightly 1 visit : as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and, in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus 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,...

...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...face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surround me."} * Gray, de Princip. Cogit. lib. iv 85—96. t Paradise Lost, Book 111. v. 1—12. $...

...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, "...

...voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons...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...

...or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, j . Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, ,:,i n I Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine;: But cloud instead, and ever-during daik .' Surrounds him! . . . • . MI' . The reflection is a natural one. He once made it himself:...

...voluntary move Harmonious numbers — as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus, with the year, Seasons...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 fair, Presented...

...graces of all bounteous nature. — — — Thus with the year, Seasons return, but not to me return Day or the sweet approach of even or morn; Or sight...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine. Paradise Lost, book iv.; Milton is supposed to have imbibed many of bis ideas, respecting landscape,...

...of all bounteous nature. Thus with the year, Seasons return, but not to me return Day or the aweet approach of even or morn; Or sight of vernal bloom,...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine. Paradite Lost, book iv.: Milton is supposed to have imbibed many of his ideas, respecting landscape,...