 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...B'indaess. WHENI consider how my light is spent Kie half my days, in this dark world and wiiit And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returinng chide Doth God exact day-labor, light deny'd, I fondly ask ? but patience to prevent That... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...these may grow A hundred fold, who, having learn'd thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe. XIV. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is...light denied ?" I fondly ask: But Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need " Either man's work, or his own gifts; who best " Bear... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN J. consider how my light Is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me...light denied ?" I fondly ask: But Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need *'Either man's work, or his own gifts; .whprbest **... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodg'dwiU) me useless, though my -.mil mor< bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, liicht denied ?" 1 family ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " GoJ doth not... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN 1 consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present t My true account, lest he, returning, chide ; Doth God... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to bide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To...chide, ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied i' I fondly ask : but, Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | 1822 - 592 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning...light denied, I fondly ask ? But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts ; who best Bear his... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 pages
...is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, ana present My true account, lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day-labour, light denied, 1 fondly ask ? But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man's work... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?" I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | 1822 - 600 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day -labour, light denied, I fondly ask > But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth... | |
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I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best: his state Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean... 
