 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...  Life and Times of John Milton - Page 197by William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Gems - English poetry - 1866 - 168 pages
...(Milton.} 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 my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning, chide ; "Doth God exact day-labour,... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...BLINDNESS. 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 there with my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide: Doth God exact... | |
 | Lucy Pauline Wright Hobart - Consolation - 1867 - 534 pages
...forth ; My helm deserted by my Guardian Spirit, My prow unto the North ! ON HIS BLINDNESS. iEUIton. WHEN I consider how my life is spent Ere half my days,...hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent 348 COURAGE. To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true aceount, lest he, returning, chide... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...Blindness. 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...and present My true account, lest he returning chide ; l)oth God exact day-labour, light denied '' 1 fondly ask ; but Patience, to prevent That murmur,... | |
 | Who - Consolation - 1867 - 202 pages
...sonnet: " 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...Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, elude : ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? ' I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That... | |
 | John Milton - 1868 - 440 pages
...BLINDNESS. 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 Sly true account, lest He returning chide; " Doth God... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Divorce - 1869 - 756 pages
...BLINDNESS. 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 ho returning chide; " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...BLINDNESS. 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 5 To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Divorce - 1869 - 684 pages
...BLINDNESS. 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 moro bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide; " Doth... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Bible - 1870 - 550 pages
...blindness:— " 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 lie, returning, chide ; ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?' I fondly ask : but Patience, to... | |
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