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Great
Poetry
"Sonnet
on His Blindness"
John Milton
When
I consider how my light is spent
Ere
half my days, in this dark world and wide,
And
that one talent, which is death to hide,
Lodged
with me useless, though my soul more bent
To
serve therewith my Maker, and present
My
true account, lest He, returning, chide:
"Doth
God exact day labor, light denied?"
I
fondly ask; but Patience, to prevent
That
murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need
Either
man’s work, or His own gifts: who best
Bear
His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His* state
Is
kingly. Thousands at His bidding speed,
And
post o’er land and ocean without rest;
They
also serve who only stand and wait.
(*God's
state)
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