 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,...  Specimens of the British Poets - Page 259by Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 716 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my .soul more , beat To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,...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; .whprbest **... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,...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... | |
 | Andrews Norton - Periodicals - 1813 - 424 pages
...blindness. , *V HEN 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,...Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chido; Doth God exact day-labor, light denied, I fondly ask: But patience to prevent That murmur soon... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learn'd thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe. XIX. 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... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...Almighty. " When t 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...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... | |
 | 1822 - 600 pages
...Almighty. " 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...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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...ISHntmess. 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...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... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...ISUnBiusa. 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 Bearhismild... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...MmtfntsS. 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...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, retarning, chide, ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?' I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...Almighty. " 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...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... | |
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