Explain with reference to the contexts of the following "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"
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Reference : This stanza is an extract from John Milton’s poem ‘On His Blindness’.Context : In these lines the poet expresses his grief over his premature blindness. But soon he realizes that he should not complain against God because God neither needs man’s work nor His own gifts. . Explanation: In this opening stanza we note that Milton is very much grieved when he thinks why he has become blind before half of his age. This world has become very wide and dark for him. God has given him a poetic talent which nobody can take away. But it is lying useless with him because in the absence sight he cannot compose poems. He is more eager to serve God but he is helpless. So he thinks that God will scold him when he is not able to justify his mission on the Day of Judgement.
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when I consider how my light is spent ere half my days in this dark world and wide And that one talent that is death to hide is useless to me, though my soul is more bent to serve there with my maker, and present