 ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide *, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account,...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 612by John Milton - 1842 - 767 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...from these may grow A hundred fold, who, having learned the way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is...chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?'' I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Christian - English poetry - 1840 - 318 pages
...Mtttan. When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me...chide ;— Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1840 - 182 pages
...Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith...returning chide; Doth God exact day-labour, light denied 1 I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Christian - English poetry - 1840 - 312 pages
...titan. WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more hent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide ;— Doth... | |
 | A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...themes Before the Judge, who thenceforth bid thee rest And drink thy fill of pure, immortal streams. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is...chide ; "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEX I consider how ray light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...chide ; ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied,' I fondly ask ? but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith...chide,-— Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning,...chide; "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Sir Nesbet J. Willoughby - 1842 - 290 pages
...552. When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide ; And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me...returning chide; Doth God exact day-labour, light denied? I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man's work... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1842 - 772 pages
...admiration. " When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide. And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...returning, chide; 'Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?' I fondly ask: but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's... | |
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