 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 Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...serve who only stand and wait" TO CYRIACK SKINNER.1 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 ;2 but still bear up and steer Right onward.... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - Blind - 1858 - 314 pages
...tell us 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 Kight onward.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...serve who only stand and wait" TO CYRIACK SKINNER.1 Cyiiack, 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 ;2 but still bear up and steer Right onward.... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1859 - 600 pages
...of spot, Beretl of light, their seeing have, forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs ilotli sight ap]»-ar Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year. Or man,...nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up nml steer Right onward. What supj>orts me, dovt thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them... | |
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...ceased to blow. CAMPBELL. SONNET. TO CYRIACK SKINNER. YRIACK, 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.... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1860 - 312 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. What... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - Blind - 1860 - 384 pages
...him tell vis of the privation in his own words : " Cyriae, this three years' day these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...appear Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, f?v man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ;... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1861 - 534 pages
...sends a cheerful hour, refrains. XXII. TO THE SAME. CTEIAC, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Tet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...thy brow a glory plays; Shrine, blossom, dew-drop, all are bright With quenchless rays. These eyes, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to...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 - 1862 - 568 pages
...when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. 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 Kight onward.... | |
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