 | Mary Milner, Isaac Milner - 1842 - 766 pages
...admiration. " When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide. And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...denied ?' I fondly ask : but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...sow O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple tyrant ; that from these may grow ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is...denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my life is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ? I fondly ask ; but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 pages
...in this disrespectful to the " sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy'* child," of his juvenile rones?] SONNET ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is...light denied,' I fondly ask ! but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts ; who best Bear Hia... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...these may grow A hundred fold, who, having learned thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe. III. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is...light denied ?" I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts; who best Bear his... | |
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...following is frequently quoted by some, who would be unable to state whence the quotation was drawn:— ON HIS BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is...account, lest He, returning, chide. "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts; who best Bears... | |
 | 1844 - 616 pages
...talent which ia death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewilh my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide; Doth God exact d ly-labor, light denied 1 1 fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soun replies, ' God... | |
 | 1850 - 640 pages
...consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talenl, which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul, more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present Mv true account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth God... | |
 | 822 pages
...sufficiently elastic to Bnggest all necessary limits and guarantees. — Saturday Review. MILTON ON ms BLINDNESS : — When I consider how my light is spent...account, lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day labour, light denied? I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies : God doth... | |
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WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,... 
