Little journeys to the homes of the great . her facts I must refer the GentleReader to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a compila-tion that I cheerfully recommend, it having beenvouched for to me by a dear friend, a clergyman ofEast Aurora, who, the past year, perused the entirework, from A to Z, reading five hours a day: and there-fore is competent to speak. 115 JOHN MILTON Thus with the yearSeasons return; but not to me returnsDay, or the sweet approach of even or morn,Or sight of vernal bloom, or summers rose,Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine;But cloud instead, and ever-during darkSurro
Little journeys to the homes of the great . her facts I must refer the GentleReader to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a compila-tion that I cheerfully recommend, it having beenvouched for to me by a dear friend, a clergyman ofEast Aurora, who, the past year, perused the entirework, from A to Z, reading five hours a day: and there-fore is competent to speak. 115 JOHN MILTON Thus with the yearSeasons return; but not to me returnsDay, or the sweet approach of even or morn,Or sight of vernal bloom, or summers rose,Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine;But cloud instead, and ever-during darkSurrounds me; from the cheerful ways of menCut off, and for the book of knowledge fairPresented with a universal blankOf Natures works, to me expunged and rased,And wisdom at one entrance quite shut much the rather thou, Celestial Light,Shine inward, and the mind through all her powersIrradiate; there plant eyes, all mist from thencePurge and disperse, that I may see and tellOf things invisible to mortal sight. —Paradise Lost: Book III. JOHN MILTON JOHN MILTON
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