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...Caribbean, 4. 14. Coleman & Nixson, 51. 15. Cited in Williams, Hebrewisms, 145. CHAPTER 1 f ; light expos 'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within...half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all hope of day! John Milton Caribbean geography and ethnicity...

...vilest now become Of man or worm; the vilest here excel me, They creep, yet see, I dark in light exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created Beam, and thou great Word,...

...vilest now become Of man or worm; the vilest here excel me, They creep yet see, I dark in light exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within...half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first-created beam, and thou great word,...

...withering contempt. Inferior to the vilest now become They creep, yet see, I dark in light exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse, and wrong, Within...half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse, Without all hope of day. . . . The Sun to me is dark and silent...

...vilest now become Of man or worm; the vilest here excel me, They creep, yet see, I dark in light exposed To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool,0 In power of others, never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark,...

...himself. Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope...of day! O first created beam, and thou great word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me...

...public sphere. It also positions him as trapped in the private, whatever space he actually occupies: 'within doors, or without, still as a fool, / In power of others, never in my own' (11. 77—8). These lines accurately describe women's position in the social dispensation; Samson is...

...vilest now become Of man or worm; the vilest here excel me, They creep, yet see, I dark in light expos'd To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within...never in my own; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more then half. O dark, dark, dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse...

...describes his condition in graphic and pathetic terms: O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all hope...of day! O first created Beam, and thou great Word, "Let there be light, and light was over all"; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? (80-85) Samson...