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... Poems - Página 212por William Wordsworth - 1815Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1863 - 276 páginas
...fhouldft be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : . . . We are irlfiih men ; Oh ! raife us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy foul was like a ftar, and dwelt apart : Thou hadft a voice whofe found was like the fea. Pure as the... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 páginas
...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... | |
| Henry Barnard - 1864 - 840 páginas
...COLLEGE TRAINING. MILTON! them should'st be living at this hour: The world hath need of thee. * * * ***** We are selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us...like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou had'st a voice, whoso sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So did'st thou travel on... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1864 - 614 páginas
...Poetry is ' die starkere. Sie darf singen, was Niemand zu sagen wagt in •chlechter Zeit.' Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour, England hath need of thee, &c. — Wordsicorth. Page 41. See, pressing hitherward what icoald appear A mountain. Sec Eckermann,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 368 páginas
...good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, xrv. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou sliouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee...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... | |
| Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 páginas
...one , To whom the gifts of life and warmth have been Of a more fatal nature ! MILTON. Byron. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power, s Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure... | |
| 1866 - 780 páginas
...fen of stagnant waters : 184 185 '"Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry, and these we adore." " We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us...again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power." These lines were written in 1802. If they are compared with Oowpcr's expostulations, wo shall have,... | |
| William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 páginas
...that at last in fear I shrink, And leap at once from the delicious stream. LONDON-, 1S02. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen ( if stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited... | |
| George Herbert - 1866 - 722 páginas
...fen of stagnant waters : 184 185 " Rapine, avarice, expense, Thi« U idolatry, and these we adore." " We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give ua manne», virtue, freedom, power." These lines were written in 1802. If they are compared with Cowper's... | |
| Leigh Hunt, Samuel Adams Lee - 1867 - 722 páginas
...the imagery of the closing lines especially evincing admirable taste. XII. LONDON, I802.* 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... | |
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