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... The American Journal of Education - Página 161editado por - 1864Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 páginas
...involuntarily to him these lines of Wordsworth on Milton : " His soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ! He had a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So did he travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness, and yet his heart The lowliest duties on... | |
| 1859 - 748 páginas
...wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are sinful men; Oh raise us up! return to us again; And give...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.' Let us now turn to another patriarch, and wander with his shade. Samuel Rogers was a poet. Not a great... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 páginas
...wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels... | |
| 1851 - 808 páginas
...would break the stillness, let us exclaim— ' Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. • * * Oh raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners,...the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, Majestic, free !' * This sublime and affecting production was but lately discovered among the remains of our great... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 páginas
...Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; Note. t See Note. jesty, Dazzling the vision that presumes to gaze. , cuinmon way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. XV. GREAT... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 páginas
...wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give...apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the se Pure as the naked heavens — majestie, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful... | |
| 1851 - 702 páginas
...wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again : And give...apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the i Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way. In cheerful... | |
| 1850 - 746 páginas
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| 1851 - 508 páginas
...works. This contrast Wordsworth has finely depicted : — " Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like tlie sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." In combination with the vastest native powers it is surprising to find industry that could quell all... | |
| John Milton - 1851 - 554 páginas
...are selfish men. O, raise us up ! Return to us again. " Thy soul was like a star ; and dwelt apart ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." GlLFJLLAN. STRICTURES UPON DR. JOHNSON'S CRITICISM. Johnson's criticism, inserted... | |
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