 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...  The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ... - Page 611896 - 1178 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pages
...in the same lofty strain : — TO CYKIAC SKINNER. Cyriac ! this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...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 Bight onward.... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...sends a cheerful hour, refrains. XXII. TO THE SAME. CYRIAC, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all... | |
 | John Milton - 1928 - 402 pages
...To Mr. Cyriack Skinner, upon his Blindness (1655). Cyriack, this three-years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence,... | |
 | John Milton - 1928 - 408 pages
...To Mr. Cyriack Skinner, upon his Blindness (1655). Cyriack, this three-years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly, Edith Rickert, Martin Joseph Freeman - 1929 - 560 pages
...these notes as a basis for class discussion: (1) "Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's... | |
 | 1909 - 500 pages
...sends a cheerful hour, refrains. TO THE SAME (1655) CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence,... | |
 | 1850 - 44 pages
...spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear, Of suu, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman....hope ; but still bear up, and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them, overplied ' In liberty's... | |
 | Kevin P. Van Anglen - 1993 - 280 pages
...poet-priest of the waning New England dominant class: Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft...the year, Or man or woman. 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. What... | |
 | Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt - 1996 - 292 pages
...turns toward the poem and ultimately to his friend: Cyriack, this three years day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft...or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, Friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence,... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pages
...there has been no change in his external appearance: Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft...moon or star throughout the year, Or man or woman. In respect to what he has next to say, the poet dwells suspiciously long upon these details of his... | |
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