 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...  Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ... - Page 139by William Hazlitt - 1824 - 822 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1854 - 342 pages
...second sonnet to Skinner, written in 1655 : — " Cyriack, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Kight onward. What supports me, dost thoa ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 1232 pages
...addressed to Cyriac Skinner, on his own blindness. " Cyriac, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand иг will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...cheerful hour, refrains. 8» HILTON. TO THE SAME. Cyriac, this three-years-day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...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.... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...sends a cheerful hour, refrains. XVII. TO THE SAME. CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...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.... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...slipp'ry state Of kings, will tread upon the neek of fate. Dauanfs Sophy. These eyes, though elear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of...Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or шаn, or woman. Yet I argue not Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hops ; but... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1856 - 624 pages
...slipp'ry state Of kings, will tread upon the neek of fate. Denl,am's Sophy, These eyes, though elear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of...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.... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...sonnets addressed to Cyriac Skinner be read : — " Cyriac, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft...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.... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - Blind - 1857 - 308 pages
...him 'tell MB of the privation in his own words : " Cyriac, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish, or of spot, Bereft...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 Eight onward.... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Abolitionists - 1857 - 348 pages
...wealth, and loss of blood. ON HIS BLINDNESS. Cyriac, this three-year's-day these eyes, though deal To outward view, of blemish or of spot. Bereft of...the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will ; nor bate ajot Of 'heart and hope ; but still bear up and steer Bight onward.... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - Blind - 1857 - 330 pages
...in his own words : SONNETS ON HIS BLINDNESS. 119 " Cyriac, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish, or of spot, Bereft...star, throughout the year ; Or man, or woman. Yet I arguo not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer... | |
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