...here excel me ; They creep, yet see, I dark in light exposed 75 53 strength] Ovidii Met. xiii. 363. To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first created beam, and thou great Word, 6 Let there be light, and light was over all ; ' Why am I thus bereav'd...

...now become Of man or worm; the vilest here excel me; They creep, yet see ; I, dark in light, expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! 0 first created Beam, and thou great Word,...

...now become Of man or worm; the vilest here excel me; They creep, yet see ; I, dark in light, expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! 0 first created Beam, and thou great Word,...

...now become Of man or worm ; the vilest here excel me ; They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. 0 dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day...

...borrowed the words which Milton puts in the mouth of the blind captive, — the strong man of Israel ? " Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! " Not such were the words, not such was...

...now become Of man or worm, the vilest here excel me : They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...than half O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first-created Beam, and thou great Word,...

...become Of man or worm, thé vilest hère excel me : They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...in my own -^ Scarce half I seem to live, dead more lhan half. 0 dark, dark, dark, amid thé blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total éclipse Withoul...

...gli uomini ei vermi: il più vile di questi mi eccelle, They creep, yet see, I dark in light expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within...never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more then half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all...

...now become Of man or worm, the vilest here excel me: They creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...— Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. . . John Milton (1608-1674) English poet But who would rush at a benighted man And give him two black...

...dark in light expos' d To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, slillas a fool, * In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more then half. O dark, dark, dark, amid tie blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all...