 | Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 pages
...human face divine ; But clouds instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me ; from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 pages
...Surround me : from the cheerful ways of men Cut offi and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged...razed, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. ib. 41. " Again in Samson Agonistes. — But chief of all, O loss of sight ! of t hce I most complain... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways I sh expung'd and rais'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark 45 Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd, times in Shakespeare and the authors of that age. 41. Seasons return, but not to... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...: But cloud inctcad, and ever-during dark 4'> Surrounds me ! from the cheerful ways of men Cutoff; and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with...universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out ! 50 So much the rather thou, celestial Light! Shine... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...Holy One, which may teach us all things," 1 John ii. 20. 27. Let us then adopt the poet's aspiration : Thou celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through...plant eyes; all mist from thence Purge and disperse ! MILToN, B. iii. 1. 51 . DIALOGUE III. Thcr. WE are now, Aspasio, about two miles distant from my... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...or human faee divine ; But eloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the eheerful ways gr expung'd and rais'd, And wisdom at one entranee quite shut out. So mueh the rather thou, eelestial... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - Baptists - 1825 - 432 pages
...human face tiirinc : But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me ! From the cheerful ways of men Cut off; and for the book of knowledge fair,...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, te me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shuts out ! If such be the value of material... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...book of knowledge fair Presented u ith a universal blank Of Nature's works to me cxpung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much...Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her jwwers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell... | |
 | John Barber - Elocution - 1828 - 310 pages
...or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair...universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged and raz'd. And Wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light Shine... | |
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Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the... 
