 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Pagina 5751854Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pagina’s
...and her rights are these. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters :' altar, sword, and...; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1847 - 352 pagina’s
...individual greatness. XIV. 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 wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower, Of inward happiness. we are selfish... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - 372 pagina’s
...of Milton, in!802 : — " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour ! England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and...their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the whole society of England are represented as " a fen of stagnant waters."... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - 364 pagina’s
...sorbeat igne dies. Milton. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and...men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou had'st a voice... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pagina’s
...is lying still! MILTON." Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and...; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 750 pagina’s
...laws. ' XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTO> ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England bath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and...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,... | |
 | 1859 - 748 pagina’s
...one magnificent sonnet. ' Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters; altar, sword, and...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are sinful men; Oh raise us up! return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power! Thy soul... | |
 | 1851 - 702 pagina’s
...demolished. Restitution, .* " Milton ! thou shouldst 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, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1851 - 434 pagina’s
...be living at this hour! England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sioord, and pen, fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower....their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here church, state, and the whole society of England, are represented as " a fen of stagnant waters."... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pagina’s
...laws. [ XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON! Ihou ehould'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 nnd bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh... | |
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