...dark, dark, dark ! amid the blaze of noon !" Milton deplores the loss of this invaluable blessing ; " These eyes that roll in vain To find thy piercing...ray, and find no dawn> ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd these orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. So much the rather thou celestial light ! Shine inward,...

...by the heaveuly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to re-ascend, Though hard and rare :7 thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene* hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt...

...Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp; but thou Kevisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene7 hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where...

...middle darkness borne With other notes than to th' Orphean lyre I sung of Chaos and eternal Night, 4 Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark...hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp : but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray,...

...eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly Muse to venture down The dark deseent, and up to reaseend, " Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel...Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piereing ray, and find no dawn; So thiek a drop serene hath queneh' d their orbs, * Or dim suffusion...

...dark descent, and up to re-ascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ;" but thou Revisit'st not these eyes,...piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene 9 hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled. * * * * Thus with the year Seasons return ; but...

...With other notes than to the Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught hy the heavenly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend,...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene ' hath quenched their orbs, 25 Or dim suffusion veiled. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses...

...and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, nt, quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt...

...dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that...ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd. Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt...

...dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare. Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that...ray, and find no dawn ; : So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt...