 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 - Pagina 373geredigeerd door - 1870 - 477 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1856 - 754 pagina’s
...blossom torn away In all its purest bloom. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Born 1770. t 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... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pagina’s
...To whom the gifts of life and warmth have been Of a more fatal nature ! BYRON. T 2 MILTON. MILTOK ! 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... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 330 pagina’s
...their words, we are strongly tempted to join in the grave reproach of Wordsworth's sonnet : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. 0 raise us up ; return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pagina’s
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. 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... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 376 pagina’s
...which he had described Milton might with great truth be applied to Wordsworth himself: — " 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 - 1858 - 550 pagina’s
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. tONDOS, 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... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pagina’s
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. I.OSDOV, 1802. MlLTON ! 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 Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 384 pagina’s
...are strongly tempted to join in the grave reproach of Wordsworth's sonnet : " Milton ! thou shonldst be living at this hour, England hath need of thee...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. 0 raise us up ; return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | 1861 - 858 pagina’s
...appointed shroud, enwraps Their monuments and their memory." Or listen to the noble Apostrophe addressed to Milton : — " Milton, thou should'st be living at...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 like... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pagina’s
...commander's claim, With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, Eternal honour to his name. TENNYSON. 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... | |
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