 | American literature - 1849 - 600 pages
...his own noble words in reference to the loss of his eyes, in his sonnet to Cyriac Skinner: — "Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend,... | |
 | 1895 - 844 pages
...Qnotations arc indeed often sadly mangled. Mr. John Bright once qnoted the lines from Milton : — I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. The reporter was not familiar with the passage, and having... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1827 - 516 pages
...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout 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 Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, Friend,... | |
 | James Carter, Thomas Carter - Biography & Autobiography - 1845 - 486 pages
...body are gone for ever ; yet, so long as I am not bereft of all mental activity and cheerfulness, - I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward." ' By the help of memory and fancy I contrive to beguile... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 pages
...Who bates mine honor, shall not know my coyne. Shakspeare. Птоя of Athene, fol. 86. ____ _ - Yet I argue not Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot, Of heart or hope : but still bear up and eteer Right onward. Milton. Sonnet 22. BAT 323 ЮТЕ. Haply (liât name of... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1845 - 436 pages
...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout 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 Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend,... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 430 pages
...sight appear, Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yct I argue not Again.^t Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward ! What supports me, dost thou ask! The conscicnce, Friend,... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1847 - 792 pages
...battles of truth and liberty throughout his prosperous days ; and when poor and blind and old, he could say, " I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. How beautiful are those Sonnets in which he refers to his... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...these idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or stars, throughout 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 Right onward. MILTON. 5. Ah ! little know they of the dreamy sadness... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...interpose them oft, is not unwise. Of sun, or moon, or star throughout 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 E.ight onward. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, Friend,... | |
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Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. 
