...Surround me from the cheerful^ys of men Cut off, and, for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank ' Of nature's works, to me expung'd...wisdom, at one entrance, quite shut out So much the ratter, thou, celestial light, Of things invisible to mortal sight. *\OT the Merry Manloathed Melancholy...

...lament the loss of it : " Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day. or the sweet approach of er'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose,...herds, or human face divine : But cloud instead, and ever-daring dark Surrounds me ! From the cheerful ways of men Cut off; and for the book of knowledge...

...Tims with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or mom, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,...off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented u ith a universal blank Of Nature's works to me cxpung'd and ras'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite...

...him. " 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 Surround me."§ How often must he have felt, — and how deeply must such a mind have * Gray, de Princip....

...summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark 45 Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off,...knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of natures works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. 50 So much the...

...with the year 10 Seasons return: but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, t Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,...face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark 45 So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate...

...Paradise Lost : With the year Seasons return, but not to ME returns Day or the sweet approach of ev'ii or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose,...herds, or human face divine, But cloud instead, and ever-duriug dark Surrounds me — from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and, for the book of knowledge...

...— Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose,...and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank, Of nature's wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather tbou, celestial...

...returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, 42 Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, 43 Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud...Presented with a 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,...

...' And a little after. " Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose,...divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark, Surround me ; from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented...