 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1852 - 400 str.
...deplorable. C. I well remember how feelingly Milton describes his situation after he lost his sight : With the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns...Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1852 - 376 str.
...bestows ; There is no PRESENT to a hope sublime ; Man has eternity, and Nations time ! PART THE FOURTH. " Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns...cloud Instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me."— Pandise Lost, Boole III. " Tho' fall'n on evil days, In darkness, and with danger compass'd round,... | |
 | 1852 - 874 str.
...in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to mo y'st, Leads up to Heaven, is both the and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expung'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 374 str.
...blind Mseonides,4 , And Tiresias, and I^hineus,5 prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings...Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and, for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 str.
...and blind Mseonides, And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings...Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged... | |
 | 1853 - 560 str.
...and blind Moeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings...Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 370 str.
...Tiresias and Phineus : ' one a Theban, the other King of Arcadia — both blind poets and prophets. Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling,...Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and, for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1853 - 360 str.
...or indifference. He feels his affliction as a man, but it is sanctified to him as a Christian. " • Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns...Surrounds me. From the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged... | |
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - 1856 - 350 str.
...and blind Masonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old ; Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers, as the wakeful bird Sings...Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off; and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works, to be expunged... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 str.
...and blind Mieonides,1 And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old: Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings...or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, anil ever-during dark Surrounds nje, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, aud for the book of knowledge... | |
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Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark... 
