 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
 | John Dennis - 1873 - 280 páginas
...And pure religion breathing household laws. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1770—1850. LONDON, 1802. 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. Thy soul was... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1873 - 628 páginas
...addressed to Milton : — " Milton! thou should'st he living at this hour: England hath need of thec : She is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us agaiu ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 páginas
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. London, 1802. 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. Thy soul was... | |
 | Mary Louisa Searle - 1874 - 286 páginas
...are few and far between. Perhaps Wordsworth's lines on Milton would not be out of place. "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." You admire the... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1874 - 432 páginas
...Wordsworth's Sonnets this very memorable one; it was written in London in 1802 :— "Milton ! thon shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need...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 [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 páginas
...day : Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away. MILTON. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour...bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower 5 Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners,... | |
 | 1875 - 448 páginas
...rising from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. HILTON. BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. *ILTON1 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 like... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1876 - 272 páginas
...thunder as before, And ocean bellow from his rocky shore, And neither awful Voice be heard by thee ! 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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 622 páginas
...ocean without rest ; They, also, serve who only stand and wait." m. TO MILTON. WOEISWORTB 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. Thy soul was like... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 páginas
...sonnets of Wordsworth dedicated to liberty and inspired by patriotism. Sonnets. London, 1802. Milton ! ' I fear thee, ancient mariner, I fear thy skinny...not, fear not, thou wedding-guest, This body dropped ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
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