 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...  The London Magazine - Page 5741824Full view - About this book
 | 1838 - 446 pages
...ultimately to prevail; and strong in the armor of scripture, and of a sound mind, he determined not to bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up, and steer Right onward. Although encountered by such fearful odds, he solicited no assistance from his brethren... | |
 | Sir William Cornwallis Harris - 1838 - 454 pages
...and that having successfully struggled thus far with difficulties and annoyances, we would now -"Not bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onwards." With this determination we hurried our advance towards a large Matabili kraal, which,... | |
 | 1839 - 684 pages
...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...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 overplied... | |
 | 1839 - 366 pages
...mighty poet proposed to himself as an example of heroism, when he described his own fortitude — ' I argue not Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate...jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward'— why is it that Richard II. still commands our tears — even our sympathies ? It is... | |
 | Matthew Richey - 1839 - 394 pages
...IT." hope of succours from on high commensurate with his necessities, he could confidently say, — " I argue not Against Heaven's hand, or will ; nor bate...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward." Mr. Black was now of age. And it is interesting and delightful to witness the promptitude... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet 1 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. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, t' have lost them overplied... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1868 - 366 pages
...When fallen on evil days and evil tongues," in obscurity and neglect, in blindness and poverty, would "Argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward ; " and give to England's and the world's literature, those seraphic anthems that tell... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1984 - 860 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.3 From others only do we derive our knowledge that Milton, in his... | |
 | John Joseph Craven, Edward K. Eckert - 1987 - 252 pages
...these idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or stars, throughout the year, Or man, or unman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor...jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.^ •CHAPTER 6' Operations on the Southern Coast. — Davis Hears that he is Indicted... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - 2010 - 309 pages
...to the government he served. 2 THE COMMONWEALTH After the Darkness 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. (Sonner 22) It is ironic that just as the English Republic had set its domestic house... | |
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