...deplorable. Charles. I well remember how feelingly Milton describes his situation after he lost his sight : . With the year Seasons return; but not to me returns...of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair, p Presented with an universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expungM and raz'd, And wisdom, at one...

...mines. How pathetically does our blind poet lament the loss of it : " Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day. or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face tiirinc : But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me ! From the cheerful ways of men Cut...

...lament the loss of it : " Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day. or the sweet approach of er'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose,...herds, or human face divine : But cloud instead, and ever-daring dark Surrounds me ! From the cheerful ways of men Cut off; and for the book of knowledge...

...malheureux cessent de se plaindre, les méchants de persécuter, les ' Seasons return , but not me returns Day , or the sweet approach of ev'n , or morn , Or sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose Or stocks, or herds, or humane face divine; But cloud instead , and ever-during dark Surrounds me.......

...he took courage, — " Seasons returned; but not for him returned 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 he went from his darkened chamber and his couch of pain to his noble work, as a strong man rejoicing...

...understand without his assistance. And surely the agony associated with his own blindness - 'but not to me returns/ Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,/...divine;/ But cloud instead, and ever-during dark/ Surround me' (m 41-6) - must have held some consolation for him - indeed may have been seen as providential,...

...absorbed into it as part of it; but that is his role and not the illusion of not being there at all. Thus with the Year Seasons return, but not to me returns...approach of Ev'n or Morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or Summers Rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud in stead, and ever-during dark Surrounds...

...insight. 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,...flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud in stead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book...

...blindness: Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or rhe sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose....and, for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut...

...note. Thus with the year 40 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,...and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works to me expunged and razed, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut...