 Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.  Poetical Works: Biography of Milton - Page 208by John Milton - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 314 pages
...light, in the former. —Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, but find no dawn." ' And a little after. " Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet... | |
 | Anna Seward - Authors, English - 1811 - 434 pages
...and half. " Now to th' ascent of that steep savage hill .Satan had jimmied on, pensive, and slow.-" " Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or smmy hill." " As when Heaven's fire Has scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top... | |
 | Nicolas Freeman, Antoine Jay - French essays - 1812 - 442 pages
...And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes , that roll in vain To fînd thy piercing ray , and find no dawn ; So thick a drop...their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet, not the more Çease I to wander where the Muses haunt, Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...20 Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou KevUifst not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath qnenchM their orbs, 25 Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to v> > .ni: .-. where the... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...address to light :— " Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp; but thou Revisit' st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn : So thirk a drop serene hatli queneb'd their orbs, Or <lim suffusion vcil'il. Yet not the more Cease I... | |
 | John Anstey - English wit and humour - 1815 - 240 pages
...nor yet the more have ceas'd* To greet St. MICHAEL* the Archangel's feast, * — — — — - Yel not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring or shady grove, &c. 1 Golden Lyre— Sir John Fortescue observes, " that " The University of the Laws, (for so he calls... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Bible - 1816 - 482 pages
...characteristic of the Amaurosis, or Gutta Serena, which Milton pathetically deplores, PL iii. 25, &c. ' So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion vcil'd ' &c. where he subjoins, as here, in self-consolation, • Blind Tamyris, and blind Mseonides,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...Though hard and rare. Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp — but thou Revisitest not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing...orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease 1 to wonder where the Muses haunt, Clear spring, or shady grove, or simnv bill, * ' Sniit wKh the Jove... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing...; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, 2J Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt Clear spring,... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - Costume - 1820 - 538 pages
...lament the loss of sight. " Thee I revisit safe, Anil /ee/thy sovereign vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain, To find thy piercing...ray, and find no dawn, So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd." " And again, " Thus with the year Seasons return; but... | |
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