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destinies vvere set before me- ** QnAbe one baitd blindness ;) on * the / other / duty * that I tt * u $ t necesarily incur the lofc a otfr m ^ eyes ^ > op i desert II at KWFeneign > duty . Nor didIfail to reeoHect' the twcr-dbld destiny , which && ? & $ » ^ frftUifttijB rel poi te that his mother brought back doricerning' ninrseifj ? when j she went f , t 6 COJUSUlt the oracle at Delphi : ' ?;; J ¦¦ - .. ; -ubnut ; r ^ vm r-.- > .-:. t i : r ; i : ^ t— , * hiqe y ' w - ' - : > --r { - - rif : 5 * &te «^ - ^'• ¦^ - ¦ ¦^ tail // " h ; ^ - ^ " ¦'¦ ' - * &Lmfi&m - * ¦ " ' /> i > i * ^ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ^ IS ^ W ^^ m fy ^ tiMmt $ ;* " ! i ¦ - ¦>! - ¦ :- ^ : ' - * Gbi&t ati K * &s itf&tiu M tfpWteit ' arUftiil - ¦ ril : > tl ] V ' - ' ' ; lj : ' ' ¦¦' ¦ ¦ "Z * &vta < r ' - . : i ' i :--v •¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ' -- ^ . ? ^ ' ^ --- ^ -- ¦ '¦^' - •¦ ' t ^ Mr : ; ;; : " ' ; ' " " : ' r - ' ^ ; jv :: i > ¦ : ;;;' : - ¦ ¦ '" ¦ ' ' ¦ - « i / i »^ w :
TwoJ ^ tes ^ conciujc ^ me !(| c > tie . ij ^ l ^ pf ^ ht : ,-, V ' | 1 / staying here aro ^ Trpy- ^ wfli t ^^ ^ - r v 1 return no mote ; but my glpry fftir ( $ tiali ' s % tbe ' hnmtfr ^ 1 Iftomyd ^ r andnaitive laiiii f ^ tedy . 5 : i ; Ldfig te fay lift ; * birt iny gidiy 1 i ii ^ tf / f " ; i ^
Heace I thought with myself , th ^ jt tjtere yvem manyyvho pu ^ cbaseda Jess g ^ ij with a greater eviV ; for exauapfe § lory ^ Wi < l eath . Oh the cQatr » ry , f proppsed to purciiase a greater goad with ? a fesso ^ il ^ Qamely , at the price o | ymdpes ^ oiijy , to perform one of the nohleat acts of duty , ; and duty being a , thiug in its own mature more substantial even than glory , ought on that account to he mo re desired and venerated . I "decided , therefore , ; that , as the use of light woiald be allowed me for so shqrt a tune * it ought to ; be enjoyed vvkh the greatest possible utility ta the public . These a ? e the reasons pf n > y choice ; these the causes of my loss * 3 L # et the « lan 4 erers then of th ® judgments of God cease their revilings 3 | et them desist from their dreauiy forgerie ^ . concerning ine j in fine , let theip know that I neither ; repine at s » Qrrer peat me of my lot ; J that I remain fixed , immoveable , iiab my opinion ; , that I
¦ ^ - | ¦ ' - ¦¦ ' ¦ " - * . i ¦ ¦' . ' i ' i . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ..... | ¦¦¦ :-, ¦¦ -- >!•¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ > .. ' ¦ ¦ t I- ' ¦ ' i 1 r ¦ 'J _ t , ¦ . _ < , - | . ;•;•¦ ¦ •*'' . '^ rihc metre of this verse , as quoted by Hilton , and found lu tjie cpm ^ u editiops , is incorrect . To restore the proper quantity , Clarke proposes to ? r ^ atf * * Wo ^ a ^ ltoCd . pSpfRX- Hayne i -unyiai Uv , as in II . % . 12 ^ 5 . / \ ^ ¥ fcie 5 e irregular lines ( of which the third and sfixth sbeni tp bej ^ 0 ti ^ ^ thopsMp ^ ndnjutrtpJI am given as the translation of the Gre ^ k in B ^ Wiett ^ ¥ eris 1 oh of Mi | - tftn ^ ^ eeoWd © efen ce of the People of England ^ - \ Vhich ; lik ^ the n rs ^ ft in La ^ iri ^ and , as the above extract is taken from that version , it seemed pttipiek not t 6 alter them , or substitute better verses : but it would be difficult ta say why the translator preferred them to Pope ' s more elegant couplets , unless , perchance , they are his own Could , however , this spirited translator of Milton ' s prose ( itself often highly poetical ) give so discordant a version of Homer ' s most musical poetry ?
X The resi gnation with which Milton bore the loss of his sight , and the reflection that supported ' his mind under this heavy calamity , are finely described in the beautiful sonnet he addressed to his friend Cyriac Skinner : Cyriac , this three-years 4 av > these eyes , though clear To outward view ot blemish or of sfot , Bereft of light , theirseeiug ha , ve Jforgpt ; Nor to their idle orbs aotK sight appear 1
Of stip , or inbotf , 6 r stat , throughout did year , Of man or woman : —yet I argue not , Against Heaven Vliand or will , nor hate a jot Of h ^ ai't or hope ; but still bear up and steer Kight onward . What supports me , dost thou ask ? The comcience ^ tisnd ^ ito ftatie lo&t them ov&hpfted In liberty ' s / f # fch £ fe , rity noble task , Of whichidl JButfOpcringsfroin side to side : This thought might lead' me through the worlds vain maks » , Content , though blind , had I no better guide .
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682 AutobiogfHphy qf ^ tphnMiitoto .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1830, page 682, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2589/page/26/
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