 | University of Oxford - 1869 - 314 pages
...Wordsworth hail him in language which for simple majesty is only equalled by Milton's own : — " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." And may we not write Wordsworth's name for Milton's, and leave the sonnet as true... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 pages
...heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. \Ve are selfish men. Oh ! raise us up, return to us again,...common way In cheerful godliness, and yet thy heart The lowest duties on herself didst lay." A word in addition on Milton's religious creed. It was by no means... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh 1 raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. BOWLES. TffOMZS CLARKSOS, Off THE FIXAL PASSING OF THE Dl. fOJi TOE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE,... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 444 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : O ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties ori herself did lay. ccxrv WHEN I have borne in memory what has tamed Great nations ; how ennobling... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1870 - 390 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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. GEEAT men have been among us; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom—better none: The... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...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...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. THE DOG ARGUS.— (Odyssey, Book xvii. 290-327.) From Maginn's Homeric Ballads. Then,... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...; | t? 1 1 3 w w — Ğr (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...THY HEART THE LOWLIEST DUTIES ON HERSELF DID LAY. Wordsworth. London, 1802. I. EARLY POEMS, 1624-1637. A PARAPHRASE ON PSALM CXIV. (1624.) Tbis and the... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1850 - 492 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; O ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. 299. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life... | |
 | Medley, G F S - 1870 - 148 pages
...and stars did swim Like clouds from them, and granted him God for sole vision. EB BROWNING. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WORDSWORTH. In Milton only, first and last, is the power of the sublime revealed. In Milton only does... | |
 | Great Britain - 1871 - 266 pages
...exceeding great reward." Well might Wordsworth write,- — and we may echo his words, — " MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." ANDREW MARVELL, M Ut VEII ANDREW MARVELL. /^~*oNTEMroRARY and posthumous fame are sometimes ^^ accorded... | |
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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... 
