 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...relief. He ordered a general fast, and made a national contribution, amounting to £40,000. XIX. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...relief. He ordered a general fast, and made a national contribution, amounting to £40,000. XIX. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere...account, lest He, returning, chide ; "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied1?" I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 pages
...BMNDNESS. 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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...BIJNDNESS. 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pages
...consider how mv light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent wlu'ch is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my...present My true account, lest He returning chide; '• Doth CJod exact day-labour, light denied/' I fondly ask ? but Patience to prevent Thai murmur,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 pages
...harmonic numbers joined, their songs Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to Heaven. 8* (89) ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent,...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... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...waking bliss, I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, And she shall be mv queen. SONNETS. ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent Ere...account, lest he, returning, chide : " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God... | |
 | 1854 - 456 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...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 pages
...Almighty. " When I consider how mj 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 h is... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...iv. 18. 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... | |
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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... 
