 MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are...  With the Poets: A Selection of English Poetry - Seite 187von Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 290 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1861 - 858 Seiten
...monuments and their memory." Or listen to the noble Apostrophe addressed to Milton : — " Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. Oh I raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power : Thy soul was like... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 Seiten
...idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more : CCXIII THE SAME Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : O ! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 Seiten
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. \'xrv. LONDON 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and Dower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1862 - 366 Seiten
...of tbe chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldat be living at this hour England hath need of thee ;...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure 03 the naked heavens— majestic,... | |
 | Alexander Simpson Patterson - 1862 - 236 Seiten
...Sonnet occasionally, but not often, gives a tnunpetsound. Here is one example : — " Milton I Hi on should'st be living at this hour : England hath need...dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh I raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 Seiten
...altar, sword, and pen, * Andrew Marvell, in WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR'S Imaginary Conversations. MEMOIR. 11 Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea. Pure as the naked heavens, — majestic,... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 Seiten
...post o'er land and ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait." — Milton. Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and Dower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. — We are selfish men; Oh,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 314. MILTON. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea j Pure as the naked heavens — majestic,... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 Seiten
...never for thee prayed, still last to come where thou art wanted most ! F< 1 26 LONDON MDCCCIl MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...English dower of inward happiness. We are selfish men: O! raise us up, return to us again; and give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 Seiten
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LXXXVI LONDON, 1802 MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
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