...that we have stated, but also as a splendid tribute to the greatest of bards : — " MILTON ! them should'st be living at this hour : England hath need...stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, th' heroic wealth of hall and bower Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness....

...gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. • . . England is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and pen,...bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of happiness. We are selfish men : O raise us up, and come to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...

...highwaymen ! Of a spirit akin to this, is the following invocation to the hero of " Rookwood." Turpin ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ! England hath need of thee : common and fen, Hounslow and Bagshot, tavern, boozing ken, The triple tree, and stone jug's lonely...

...the following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul ivas like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked...

...the following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul teas like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked...

...patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness. XIV. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee j she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower,...

...good example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadft a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst...

...Sonnets. London, 1808. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thce ; 'm dead. [The Hebrew Bard.] » « * Softly the tuneful...divine, While fountains spring with oil and wine. ; ОЫ raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was...

...this is the case may be seen from the sonnet to the memory of Milton, in 1802. " Milton, thou shouldsl be living at this hour! England hath need of thee...sword, and pen, Fireside, the Heroic wealth of hall and bowtr, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the...

...liberty, we ure still under the yoke of bondage to a state theology and a state priesthood. O PENN! " thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee!" ( To be concluded in our next.) THE WOMEN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. PART III. THE infamous Jezebel must...