 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
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 páginas
...angry, had it even been unto death. Nobly did a kindred spirit, Wordsworth, sing of him — " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour, England hath...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. \Ve are selfish men. Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 páginas
...image of a hog rooting in a straight line across a field easily suggesting that of a plough also. 213. MILTON. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour...bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower 1. This hour: 1802, when this sonnet was written. Of inward happiness. Wo are selfish men ; Oh ! raise... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 páginas
...drown In a pledge to fair England, her Church and her crown. SONNET TO MILTON.— (Wordsworth.) 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 páginas
...; | t? 1 1 3 w w — «r (g •si 1, I s V 1 I. EARLY POEMS. H. SONNETS. M1LTON I THOU SHOULD'ST EE LIVING AT THIS HOUR: ENGLAND HATH NEED OF THEE: SHE...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... | |
 | 1871 - 266 páginas
...exceeding great reward." Well might Wordsworth write,- — and we may echo his words, — " 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 páginas
...laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'stbe living at this hour: England hath need of thce : 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 again : And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 páginas
...: — They also serve who only stand and wait.' MILTON. LONDON, 1802. A /T ILTON ! thou should' st 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 like... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1872 - 360 páginas
...of Wordsworth's loftier style: SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hoar England hath need of thee; she is a fen Of stagnant...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... | |
 | 1873 - 808 páginas
...!" Two more of these trumpet-calls of the old patriot-poet, and I pass on. The first is addressed to Milton : — " Milton ! thou should'st be living at...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... | |
 | 1873 - 598 páginas
..." Two more of these trumpet-calls of the old patriot-poet, and I pass on. The first is addressed to Milton : — ' ' Milton ! thou should'st be living...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... | |
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