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... With the Poets: A Selection of English Poetry - Page 187by Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pages
...iuvat. Ipse brevi rorem defendit flosculus umbra, Ne nimio sitiens sorbeat igne dies. Milton. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou had'st a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...laws. 159 H. LONDON, 1802. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour.: England hatb need of tbee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and...manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...LONDON, 1802. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a feu Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and pen, Fireside,...manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. p 2 sii XIV. LONDON, MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; .England hath...manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
| 1854 - 758 pages
...translator : — •' Milton ! thou shouldrt be living at tliis hour ; England hath need of the* ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and...men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give ui manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice... | |
| 1829 - 1008 pages
...still it is also true, that the common people of England are neither prosperous nor happy. " England is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,...dower Of inward happiness — We are selfish men." Simplicity, and goodness, and comfort, are ebbing away from our shores — on the one hand we find... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 pages
...fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. VOL. III. L XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 pages
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
| 1836 - 698 pages
...give one as a specimen : 'Milton ! thou should'st he living nt this hour: England hath need of thce : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and...Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us mii1iners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou had'st a voice whose... | |
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