 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...descent, and up to re-ascend, ao Though hard and rare : thee 1 revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, i5 Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease 1 to wander where the Muses... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...and in his Samson Agonistes, ' To light in the former. -Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign 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. " Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 376 pages
...Lost, and in his Samson Agonistes.' To light in the former, Thee I revisit safe And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou R'evisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, but find no dawn. And a little after, Seasons retnrn, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Darnley murder - 1804 - 556 pages
...strength of thy course. " But to Ossian thou lookest in vain, for he beholds thy bearns " no more." " But thou " Revisit'st not these eyes that roll in vain " To find thy piercing ray." PAR. LOsT. " The sun to me is dark, " And silent as the moon " When she deserts the night, " Hid in... | |
 | John Stagg - English language - 1805 - 248 pages
...firIt.bom! -Thee I revifit fafe, Aad feel thy fovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revifit'ft not thefe eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop ferene hath queuch'd their^bs, Or dim fuffufion viel'd. Yet riot the niore Ccafe I to wander, where... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...With other notes than to th' Orphe'an lyre, I suag of Chaos and eternal Night; Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to re-ascend,...safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp: but thou Itevisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...20 Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, Aud feel thy sovran vital lamp : but thou Kevisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, 2i Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 494 pages
...Though hard and rare: Thee I reviiit fafe, And feel thy fovran vital lamp; but thou Revifit'ft not thefe eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop ferene hathtquench'd their orbs, X*er. 17. With other notes, &c.] Orpheus made a hymn to Night, which... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...middle darkness borne, With other notes than to the Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal night; Taught by the heavenly Muse to venture down The dark...Though hard and rare: Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 348 pages
...both in the third book of his Paradise Lost, and.in.his Samson Agoniates. To light in the former : ' Thee I revisit safe, ' And feel thy sovereign vital...eyes that roll in vain ' To find thy piercing ray, but find no dawn. And a little after : ' Seasons return, but not to me returns ' Day, or the sweet... | |
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Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent and up to re-ascend, Though hard and rare ; thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find... 
