...Almighty. Then let either of the sonnets addressed to Cyriac Skinner be read. "Cyriac, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish...the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward....

...animating influence of cultivated society, touch no responsive chord in their hardened natures. For they, " Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to...moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman." They think every hour given to the calls of friendship, or the amenities of life, lost to the world...

...CHAPTER XIII. Tell me, do you like this journal-way of writing ; is it not tedious and dull 7 SWIFT. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, — nor...jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward ; what supports me, dost thou ask t The conscience, friend. MILTON. PASSAGES FROM EvERARD...

...to feel the delicate blending of shades of meaning, in the finely-linked constructions of poetry. " Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to...moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman." They think every hour given to the calls of friendship, or the amenities of life, lost to the world...

...read it without paying to its author the profound homage of my respect. Cyriac, this three-years-day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish,...jot Of heart, or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ! Tbe conscience, friend, to have lost them, overplied...

...what the Swedes intend.' JVeurfon. XXD. TO THE SAME. CYRIAC, this three years day these eyes, tho' clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet 1 argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope...

...power, may bear comparison with the best of the Italian. TO CYRIAC SKINNER. Cyriac, this three years day these eyes, though clear To outward view, of blemish...jot Of heart or Hope : but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The Conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied...

...And Hen. More's Poems, p. 196. XXn. TO THE SAME. • CYRIAC, this three years day these eyes, tho' clear To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft...appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet 1 argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope...

...mighty poet proposed to himself as an example of heroism, when he described his own fortitude — ' I argue not Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate...jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward'— why is it that Richard II. still commands our tears — even our sympathies ? It is...

...IT." hope of succours from on high commensurate with his necessities, he could confidently say, — " I argue not Against Heaven's hand, or will ; nor bate...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward." Mr. Black was now of age. And it is interesting and delightful to witness the promptitude...