...as a fool, In power of others, never in my own j Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. 0 dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! " I cannot deny myself the pleasure of quoting in connection with this the famous sonnet to his friend...

...still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably...Without all hope of day! O first created Beam, and thon great Word, " Let there be light, and light was over all;" Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree?...

...cast of feature speaks forcibly privation of sight, most pathetic is thy appeal — O fair-created beam, and thou great word, Let there be light —...over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ?f * Of Horace Walpole's contributions to literature, we notice only his opinion on " Grace in Writing."...

...and concluded by such expostulations and wishes, as reason too often submits to learn from despair : O first created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The SuB to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When she deserts the nighl,...

...and concluded by such expostulations and wishes, as reason too often submits to learn from despair : O first created beam, and thou great word Let there be light, and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night,...

...loves, are for ever excluded ; helpless he sits, exposed to penury, to injury, to contumely — " — dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse, Without all hope of day." But even this prospect, cheerless as it is, will be illuminated by the approach of Charity ; she takes...

...as reason too often submits to learn from despair : O first created beam, and thou great word liet there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree .' The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night,...

...Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, :•'. - to Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope...•.'.-..•• Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? ••/» .Ss The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, .,. When she deserts the night Hid in...

...quite shut out. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 3. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrevocably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first...over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? Milton's Samson Agonistes. BLUSHES. From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks, Ten thousand little...

...dark, amid the blaze of noon, SO Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! О flrst created Beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light,...over all ; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? 85 The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant, interlunar...