 CYRIACK, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I...  Outline History of English and American Literature - Page 213by Charles Frederick Johnson - 1900 - 552 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1835 - 598 pages
...cheered, yet cheered only by the prophetic faith of two or three solitary individuals, he did nevertheless "Argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bore up and steer'd Right onward." ' — Autobiographiu, vol. i. pp. 32-35. As we shall not be so superfluous... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1835 - 484 pages
...Doctrine." To outward view, of blemish or of spot, ''Cyriac, this three-years-day these eyes, though clear Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Or man, or... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1879 - 398 pages
...to her great, great, great grandfather these lines — Cyriac, this three years day these eyes, tho' clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Not to their idle orbs doth sight appear, Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Or man, or... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1836 - 422 pages
...sublime philosophy as it flows from his own lips: — Cyriac, this three years day, these eyes tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, to have lost them ovcrply'd... | |
 | Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 322 pages
...sublime philosophy as it flows from his own lips: — Cyriac, this three years day, these eyes tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, to have lost them overply'd... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1836 - 522 pages
...Almighty. Then let either of the sonnets addressed to Cyriac Skinner be read. "Cyriac, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of...the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1836 - 588 pages
...animating influence of cultivated society, touch no responsive chord in their hardened natures. For they, " Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to...moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman." They think every hour given to the calls of friendship, or the amenities of life, lost to the world... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1836 - 1050 pages
...CHAPTER XIII. Tell me, do you like this journal-way of writing ; is it not tedious and dull 7 SWIFT. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, — nor...jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward ; what supports me, dost thou ask t The conscience, friend. MILTON. PASSAGES FROM EvERARD... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1836 - 416 pages
...lover. " Can it be ? — Mercy, oh Heav:n !" END OF PART II. PART III. I argue not Agnirmt [leaven'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 ! MILTON'S Sonnet to Cyriar... | |
 | 1836 - 900 pages
...calmly realize the state of our denomination under all these disadvantages, we are not discouraged, " Nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward," assured, that if we enjoy not the calm of that pacific ocean on which the ark of the... | |
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