...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, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the...

...— " 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, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the...

...here at the suggestion of a friend. Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Diiy , or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn , Or sight of...rose. Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever during dirk Surrounds me Another example may be seen in the beautiful little...

...Man is not made to vegetate, he must provide for himself, or perish ; Iwithout the power of vision, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks,...divine ; But clouds instead, and ever-during dark Surround me ! From the cheerful ways of men Cut off; and for the book of knowledge fair, Presented...

...daughters. He felt the loss of his sight keenly, as will appear from the following pathetic lines : — "Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or innrn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But...

...rehearsal of the original creative events even as he denies their visible reality for him: not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Ev'n or Morn,...Summer's Rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine (PL 3.41-4) The difference between 'holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first-born' (named in the...

...restorative and regenerative role because of his blindness. Indeed. Milton himself comes close to saying so: Thus with the Year Seasons return, but not to me returns...approach of Ev'n or Morn. Or sight of vernal bloom, or Summers Rose, Or flocks, or heards, or human face divine; But cloud in stead, and ever-during dark...

...nature. 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, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead. P. L, III, 40-45 He has been shunned from "the book of knowledge fair." Since the days...

...possibility that the apostrophes are vain, that though "with the year / Seasons return," not to the speaker returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,...rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark, "a universal blank /Of Nature's works to [him] expunged and razed"?...

...outward sight. The passage in Milton incorporates the common motifs of Davidic naturalism, "But not to me returns / Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn,...rose / Or flocks or herds or human face divine; / But cloud instead and ever-during dark / Surrounds me."33 In Prior's passage we also have the returning...