ED.
Blind sight, dead life, poor mortal-living ghost.
[AZ] Compare The Waggoner, vol. iii. p. 77—
ED.
In silence deeper far than that of deepest noon!
[BA] Compare Resolution and Independence, stanza xiii. (vol. ii. p. 319)—
Ere he replied, a flash of mild surprise
Broke from the sable orbs of his yet-vivid eyes.
[BB] Compare Burns's Epistle to William Simpson, Ochiltree—
ED.