 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 selfish...  Choice Specimens of English Literature - Página 373editado por - 1870 - 477 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 páginas
...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... | |
 | Alexander Simpson Patterson - 1862 - 236 páginas
...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...English 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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1862 - 366 páginas
...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 ;...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men , Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 páginas
...bidding speed, And 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;...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 páginas
...to comfort, and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 314. MILTON. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 páginas
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LXXXVI LONDON, 1802 MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 páginas
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LXXXVI LONDON, 1802 MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 páginas
...And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait." LONDON, 1802. MILTON. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 páginas
...shadowy kine ; Oh, Keith of Ravelston, The sorrows of thy line ! S. Dobell. ccxv. TO MILTON. ILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | 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...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power, s Thy soul was like... | |
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