...solid good what leads the nearest way ; For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous...day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. TO THE SAME (1655) CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish...

...a pleasantly modulated appeal to relax: For other things mild Heav'na time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous...day, And when God sends a cheerful hour refrains. The same year (1655) he wrote to Skinner of his blindness in the sonnet, "Cyriack, this three year's...

...solid good what leads the nearest way; For other things mild Heaven a time ordains. And disapproves liging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his...senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause: 8 (1. 9-14) GTBS; GTBS-P; NoP; OBEV; OBS; Son POETRY QUOTATIONS 318 To Mr. Lawrence 121 What neat repast...

...solid good what leads the neareft way; For other things mild Heav'na time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And when Godsends a cheerful hour, refrains. 5 Methought I saw my late espoused Saint Brought to me like Alcestis/rom...

...solid good what leads the nearest way; 10 For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, Sonnet 1" Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alcestis192 from the grave, Whom...

...solid good what leads the nearest way; For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous...day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. JOHN MILTON Doth then the world go thus Doth then the world go thus, doth all thus move? Is this the...

...the nearest way', but also realize that For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care (though wise in show) That with superfluous...day And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. Will young Skinner join him, then, in 'a cheerful hour' ?'41 Skinner was among those who marvelled...

...and, recalling Matthew 6:26-30, trust in Providence. The 'Cyriack' sonnet's final reproach to him who 'with superfluous burden loads the day, / And when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains' (lines 13-14) defends pleasure not only by invoking Christian liberty (recalling Matthew 11:30) but...

...asks Skinner to "resolve with me to drench / In mirth" "deep thoughts" and he looks for relief from "that care, though wise in show, / That with superfluous burden loads the day" (lines 5-6, 12-13). Individually, each of these poems has a discrete meaning and conveys a distinct...

...solid good what leads the nearest way; For other things mild heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous...day, And when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. (11. 9-14) The sestet begins with ancient philosophical rhetoric concerning the necessity of knowing...