...DISPUTE HIS STRENGTH AND GRANDEUR ? SIR EOERTOJf BRTDOES. MILTON ! THOU SBOULDST BE LIVING AT THIS BOOR. RETURN TO US AGAIN, AND GIVE US MANNERS, VIRTUE, FREEDOM,...A STAR, AND DWELT APART THOU HADST A VOICE, WHOSE SOOND WAS LIKE THE SEA : PURE AS THE NAKED HEAVENS, MAJESTIC, FREE; SO DIDST THOU TRAVEL ON LIFE'S...

...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...their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the whole society of England are represented as " a fen of stagnant waters."...

...thee. She is a (en Of stagnant waters. We are selfish men. Thy soul was like a star ; and dwelt apart; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common war, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." From the Dublin...

...Thy soul \vas like a star, and dwelt apart; 'I hou hadst a voice whose suuu;l was like the sea; I'ure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common Vay." We hear the roar of the sea ; the voice, in English literature, is as that of Niagara among waters....

...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...

...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...

...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...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...

...fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness....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...

...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...

...at this hour : England bath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have...selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; • Se« Note. t See Note. And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star,...