 | John Milton - 1753 - 374 str.
...almoft life itfelf, if it be true That light is in the foul, She all in every part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as- th' eye confin'd, So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd ? 55 And not as feeling through all parts difrus'd, That the might look at will through every pore... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 420 str.
...almoft life itfelf, if it be true That light is in the foul, She all in every part; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd? 95 And not as feeling through all parts diffus'd, That fhe might look at will through every pore? Then... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 320 str.
...almoft life itfelf, if it be true That light is in the foul, She all in every part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd ? 95 And not, as feeling, through all parts diffus'd, That fhe might look at will through every pore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 460 str.
...almoft life itfelf; if it be true, That light is in the foul, She all in ev'ry part; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, So obvious and fo eafy to be quenched, And not, as feeling, thro' all parts diffus'd, That fhe may look at will thro' ev'ry pore... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 str.
...cave. Since light so necessary is to life, 90 And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as th' eyeconfin'd, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd ? 95 And not as feeling... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 str.
...almoft life itfelf, if it be true That light is in the foul, She all in every part; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th* eye confin'd, So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd ? 95 And not, as feeling, through all parts diffus'd, That fhe might look at will through every pore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 str.
...almofl life itfclf! if it be true, That light is in the foul, She all in cv'ry part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, So obvious and fo cafy to be quench 'd, And not, as feeling, thro1 all parts dift'us'd, That Ae may look at will thro'... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 str.
...fixth verfe of this paflage, Pope had his eye probably on Milton's Comus, ver. 97. Why was the fight To fuch a tender ball, as th' eye, confin'd, So obvious, and fo eafy to be quench 'd ? And not, z$ feeling, through all parts diffus'd, That fhe might look at will through every... | |
 | 1801 - 344 str.
...life itfelf ; if it be true, That light is in the foul, , She all in ev'ry part ; why was the fight To fuch a tender ball as th' eye confin'd, So obvious and fo eafy to be quench'd, And not, as feeling, thro' all parts diffus'd, That fhe may look at will thro' ev'ry pore. Such are the faults and fuch... | |
 | 592 str.
...And str< Migest drinks our chief support"1 advantage. Milton, however, was htalth; That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To -such a tender ball as th' eye confin'd So obvious and so easy to be quench'd ? And not as feeling,... | |
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The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight... 
