...were I equall'd with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Meebnides, And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary...Presented with a 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,...

...: — "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,...universal blank Of nature's works to me expunged and rased." Almost literally did these beautiful lines apply to the situation of that child. The effect...

...of the third Book of " Paradise Lost," he thus beautifully alludes to this deprivation. " Not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn,...and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works to me expunged and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut...

...PROM HIS INFANCY. FOURTH EDITION. •' But not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach ofev'n or mom, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose ; Or flocks,...and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank." BIRMINGHAM : PRINTED BT JW SHOWELL, 48, NEW-STREET, AND SOLD ONLY BT THE AUTHOR....

...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 expung'd and raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out:" It was, in fact, little to give shelter...

...voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and, in shadiest covert hid, Tunps her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return...fair, Presented with a universal blank Of nature's worksj to me expunged and razed, And wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out. So much the rather thou,...

...nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose,...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, Shine inward,...

...Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or mom, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,...Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me eipunged anil rated, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial...

...(MUton.) Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n 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 expung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut...

...but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ;...and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and razed, And wisdom at oue entrance quite shut...