...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun or moon or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...mask, Content though blind, had I no better guide." There is something particularly impressive and affecting in the fact, that with the dignity of a prophet...

...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun or moon or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman . Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...mask, Content though blind, had I no better guide." There is something particularly impressive and affecting in the fact, that with the dignity of a prophet...

...idle orbs doth sight appear, Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...task. Of which all Europe rings from side to side. MILTON'S Sonnets. * IN the old parlour, still decorated, although years had flown, with the same faded...

...Heavens hand or icill, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right ontrard. What supports me, dost thou ask? The conscience, friend,...mask, Content though blind, had I no better guide." There is something particularly impressive and affecting in the fact, that with the dignity of a prophet...

...idle orbs doth sight appear, Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to hare lost them orerplied In liberty's defence, my noble task. Of which all Europe rings from side to...

...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun or moon or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost tliou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my noble task...

...Paradise Lost. In his beautiful sonnet to Syriac Skinner he thus reverts to his blindness : — -" Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide." The following extracts are only portions of his own defence. " I was confirmed in this opinion, that...

...idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...mask, Content though blind, had I no better guide." Sonnet XXII. 36 ON THE CHARACTER AND We see Milton's magnanimity in the circumstances under which "...

...appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout 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...mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide/' The European fame of the author of the 'Defensio pro Populo Anglicano' was not overstated by the poet....

...idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate...task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. [mask, This thought might lead me through the world's vain Content, though blind, had I no better guide....