...BLIND. THUS with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose,...face Divine, But cloud, instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me : from the cheerful ways of men Cut off; and, for the book of knowledge fair, Presented...

...strains, " 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,...face Divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me : from the cheerful ways of men Cut off ; and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented...

...note. Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even e nightly thief, and one exults O'er hill and dale...starting snap. Nor shall the Muse disdain To let t Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the hook of knowledge fair Presented with...

...his creatures, but of which they, though among the noblest, are altogether deprived. " Not for them returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,...vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds ;" But, " Their unhappy lot Is the dull ceaseless round of business, toil, And joyless rest." There...

...and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,...face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with...

...phrase is from Paradise Lost, Book III,l. 44; the poet laments his own blindness: "... but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine;" RC. preeminence over all other animals; and to this, chiefly, he owes his dominion over them....

...symbol was once the paralysis of Comus. ILLUMINATION Thus with the Year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn,...face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the Book of knowledge fair Presented with...

...beginning of Book III of Paradise Lost, Milton says: Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn,...face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me . . . So much the rather thou Celestial Light Shine inward, and the mind through all her...

...he is touched and enlightened from beyond himself. Thus with the Year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn,...Summer's Rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine . . . So much the rather thou Celestial Light Shine inward. (3.40-44,51-52) Eve's "solemn Bird"...

...rehearsal of the original creative events even as he denies their visible reality for him: not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn,...Summer's Rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine (PL 3.41-4) The difference between 'holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born' (named in the...