...Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st...thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim snffuison veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove,...

...Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st...thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffuison veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove,...

...formless infinite. Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign, vital lamp ; but thou , Revisitest not these eyes, that roll in vain , ;.' To find thy...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the muses haunt...

...and in his Samson Agonistes. ' To light, in the former: " Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'rcign vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, but find no dawn." 'And a little after: 1 Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach...

...II Parad. c. xxv. 7, ' Con allra voce omai, con altra vello Ritornero Poeta.' And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that...; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, 25 Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring,...

...Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare: thee I revisit safe. And feel thy sovran vital Lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that rowle in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn: So thick a drop serene hath quencht thir...

...thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital Lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that rowle in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quencht thir Orbs, Or dim suffusion veild. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt...

...more elaborate, and more moving metaphor of the narrator as blind bard: . . . thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital Lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that rowle in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quencht thir...

...unfallen man. Milton feels the warmth of the light, but his tantalized eyes, repeating their loss, "roll in vain / To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn." That tiny chink of light seen "upon the eyes turning" was not always the universe. How often and, though...

...of tli' Eternal Coeternal beam ... that turn to a lament on Milton's blindness: thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital Lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that rowle in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ... (i-5S) 265. but kidnappers, burkers, and...