...universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged and razed, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. MILTON. FROM COMUS. CAN any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment...

...universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather, thou, celestial light, Shine inward,...thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of tlu'ngs invisible to mortal sight. MILTON. ftotoers. THE north-east spends his rage ; he now shut up...

...blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and razed, 50. And wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out. So much the rather thou, + celestial Light, Shine...thence Purge and + disperse, that I may see and tell 55. Of things + invisible to mortal sight. MILTOS. QUKS TIOKS. — Why does Milton mention light so...

...\ n^gaH^nj^ pjggj-rl nf\y gr dark 45 SurroundsL me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and fdf the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. a« INbw had the Almighty Father from above, From the pure empyrean where he sits High throned above...

...gratitude of the reader for the incalculable blessing of the sense of sight. P 62 PiRADISE LOST. [BooK III. Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. 55 Now had the Almighty Father from above, From the pure empyrean where he sits High throned above...

...universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And Wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial light, Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. Milton's Paradise Lost, Book III. 1-55. O loss of sight, of thee I most complain ; Blind among enemies,...

...universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom, ut one entrance, quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. FROM THE SAME. BOOK IV. O thou thnt with surpassing glory crowned, Lookst from thy sole dominion like...

...flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me ! * * * * So much the rather thou, celestial Light ! Shine inward,...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. Dr. Blacklock, also, in the following expressive lines, not only paints his own experience, but that...

...universal blank Of Nature's works, to be expunged and razed ; And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward,...see, and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight." Paradise Lost, Book III. This invocation to light is one of the most beautiful passages in the work,...

...expunged and rased, So much the rather thou, celestial Light, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers...mortal sight. Now had the Almighty Father from above, 1 From the pure empyrean where he sits High throned above all height, hent down his eye. His own works...