 WHEN I 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 Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning...  Complete Rhetoric - Page 324by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 pages
...Almighty. " When I 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, Lodged 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; who best Bear his... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...BLINDNESS.1 WHEN I consider2 how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest He, returning, chide ; — "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly3 ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies ; —... | |
 | 822 pages
...— When I 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, Lodged with me...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... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...Miltm. WHEN I 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 Lodged with me useless...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... | |
 | 1846 - 332 pages
...WHEN I consider how long my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide ; And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide ; ' Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ' t I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent... | |
 | Robert Dick - 1846 - 168 pages
...which is death to hide Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul moi bent To serve therewith my master 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... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...streams. When I 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, Lodged with me...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith they are gather'd into Jason's helm (Th' Alembick), and then sow'd in Mars his fie day-labour, light denied 1' 1 fondly ask; but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...talent, which is death to hide, Lodg'd 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN I 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, Lodged with me...account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
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