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

...rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But clouds instead, and ever-during dark Surround me ! From the cheerful ways of men Cut off; and for...expung'd and raz'd ; And wisdom at one entrance quite shutout! " Paradise Lost, b. III. v. 40—50. therefore, superadded to all the complicated arrangements...

...bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever during dark Surrounds me. From the cheerful ways of men Cut...Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged and raised, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out." Again, in the Sampson Agonistes, he...

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...douces approches du matin et du soir, ni la fleur du 'printemps , ni la rosé de l'été, ni les Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much i In; rather thou, celestial...

...in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Season:) return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n and morn,...and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful rays of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's...

...Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But clouds instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the...universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial light, Shine inward,...

...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and everduring dark 45 Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off,...of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. 50 So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...

...with the year Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine j But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and razed, And wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial...

...ni la rosé de l'été, ni les troupeaux, ni la face divine de l'homme. Des nuages et des ténèBut cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me,...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light,...