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" 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... "
A Hand-book of English and American Literature: Historical and Critical ... - Page 148
by Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 518 pages
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...I consider how my/life 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...account, lest he returning, chide ; Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? * I fondly ask : But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God...
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John Milton: His Life and Times, Religious and Political Opinions: With an ...

Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 422 pages
...BLINDNESS. "When I consider how my life 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...
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The Literary and Theological Review

1837 - 684 pages
...unavoidable misfortunes of existence. What deep and serene contentment breathes in this sonnet upon his blindness : When I consider how my light is spent...account, lest he returning chide; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied V I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God...
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Literary and Theological Review, Volume 4

1837 - 682 pages
...unavoidable misfortunes of existence. What eep and serene contentment breathes in this sonnet upon his blindness : When I consider how my light is spent...account, lest he returning chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied 1" I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God...
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The Prose Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...These sonnets show that his right hand had lost none of its cunning, and may be introduced here. ON HIS B0 B0 day-labour, light denied ? I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth...
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Fifth Book of Lessons for the Use of the Irish National Schools

1836 - 424 pages
...•'• When 1 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...returning chide ; '• • '' • " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?"' • 'Lfondly ask; but Patience, to prevent . murmur, noon replies, God...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 4

1838 - 870 pages
...a decided exception. And I shall transcribe one of the great poet's Sonnets to bear me out. "ON MY BLINDNESS. " When I consider how my light is spent...death to hide, Lodged with me, useless, though my soul were bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide : ' Doth...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 4

1838 - 822 pages
...lalent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me, useless, though my soul were bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide : ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied 7' I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, — 'God does not need Either...
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Sabbath Recreations: Or, Select Poetry of a Religious Kind

Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 pages
...ball; Sees all, as if that all were one; Loves one, as if that one were all; MILTON'S SONNET ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent,...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent...
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The Fourth Reader for the Use of Schools

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 pages
...Milton, WHEN I consider how my life 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 Bears...
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