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 I... The Legion of Liberty: And Force of Truth, Containing the Thoughts, Words ... - Page 213by Julius Rubens Ames - 1857 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Ellery Channing - Slavery - 1848 - 430 pages
...discovered " Treatise on Christian Doctrine." ' ' Cyriac, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of...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 ?... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 432 pages
...discovered " Treatise on Christian Doctrine." ' ' Cyriac , this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of...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 ?... | |
| Electronic journals - 1867 - 682 pages
...beautiful sonnet on the loes of his sight : — " Cyriack, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of...moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman." From the decided republican principles which Cyriack Skinner was well known to have adopted, it is... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...cheerful hour, refrains. TO THE SAME (1655) CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of...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?... | |
| 1850 - 44 pages
...forget Milton, either as a poet or a patriot: " Cyriac, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of...forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear, Of suu, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand... | |
| Kevin P. Van Anglen - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 280 pages
...poet-priest of the waning New England dominant class: Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light...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... | |
| Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 292 pages
...toward the poem and ultimately to his friend: Cyriack, this three years day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light...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?... | |
| William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...been no change in his external appearance: Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light...moon or star throughout the year, Or man or woman. In respect to what he has next to say, the poet dwells suspiciously long upon these details of his... | |
| Rollo May - Psychology - 1999 - 292 pages
...about "this three years' day these eyes": Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idol orbs doth sight appear Of sun or moon or star through-out the year, Or man or woman. Against heavens hand or will, Yet I argue not Nor bate a lot of heart or hope, but still bear up And... | |
| Victoria Silver - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 432 pages
...as the anniversary of his blindness. The speaker's sense of alienation — of being set apart from "sun or moon or star throughout the year, / Or man or woman" — demands an acknowledgment that circumstance and the indifference of the world confines to a personal... | |
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