 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Criticism - 1984 - 860 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 309 pages
...continued value 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... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1869 - 388 pages
...voice, as tremulous with earneftnefs, it repeated : " Yet I argue not Againft heaven's hand or will, or bate a jot Of heart or hope, but ftill bear up and fteer Right onward." And reanimated by the noble lines he loved, may each of us take up the burden... | |
 | Kevin P. Van Anglen - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 280 pages
...doth sight appear Of sun or moon or star throughout 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. What supports me, dost thou ask? In liberty's defense, my noble... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 470 pages
...second sonnet to Cyriack Skinner, speaks of the loss of his eyes: Yet I argue not Against Heaven'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, to have... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...words were plainly a reflection of Skinner's attitude. As for his own: Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. He can be brief about it — even whimsical, with imagery borrowed... | |
 | Annabel Patterson - History - 1997 - 344 pages
...of blemish or of spot; Bereft of light thir seeing have forgot, . . . Yet I argue not Against heavns 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, to have... | |
 | Victoria Silver - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 432 pages
...appear Of sun or moon or star throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against heaven'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, to have... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...appear Of sun or moon or star throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not0 Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer0 Right onward. What supports me dost thou ask? The conscience, friend, to have... | |
 | Joseph Gerson Mayer - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 278 pages
...commonplace; his tone is hearty, not reflective. This is the public persona. 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.... The expressions "bate a jot," "bear up," seem to roll off... | |
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Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. 
