...Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful Bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest Covert hid Tunes her nocturnal Note. Thus with the Year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Even or Morn, 1 Not created. 2 Milton probably suffered from what we would call glaucoma. Here, he includes two literal...

...pathetic picture of himself, suffering from only one of poor little Helen's deprivations : — " Not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn,...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...

...nocturnal note. 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,...flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud in stead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the Book...