 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 pages
...strain: " 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...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 his... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent9 winch is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my...denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth run need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best l ..... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pages
...reckoning : 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,...present My true account, lest He, returning, chide . . . 'That one talent' can hardly mean mere ability to write in prose or verse, nor can it mean ability... | |
 | Antoinette Line - 1997 - 70 pages
...Follow up reading 'A voyage Round my Father' by John Mortimer 'From Cornea! Graft' by Anne Ridler ON HIS BLINDNESS When I consider how my light is spent, Ere...account, lest he returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied9" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - 2002 - 302 pages
...form: 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,...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 his... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 2000 - 514 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...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 his... | |
 | K. H. Anthol - 2003 - 344 pages
...[1648] 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...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 his... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pages
...16 When I consider how my light is spent,0 Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,0 And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide,0 Doth God exact day-labour, light denied,0 I fondly ask; but patience to prevent0 That murmur,... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1084 pages
...hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my Soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present 5 My true account, lest he returning chide; "Doth God exact...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 10 Bear... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. EDMUND WALLER ENGLISH (1606-1687) On His Blindness When I consider how my light is spent, Ere...true 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... 
