 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...  The Oral Study of Literature - Page 322by Algernon de Vivier Tassin - 1923 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Theology - 1836 - 708 pages
...one as a specimen : ' Milton ! thoti ahould'at b« living at this hour : England hath need oftbee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return tn as again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...should thunder as before, And Ocean bellow from his rocky shore, 200 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1802. MILTON! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bowe Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise... | |
 | Theology - 1836 - 532 pages
...and yet how compact the whole great effect. Listen to the following noble apostrophe. 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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. 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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. LONDON, liJO'J. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their aneient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton hlow his wreathed horn. LONDON, 1802. M1LTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and hower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...Continent, June 21, 1655, demanding indemnification, and sent pecuniary aid to the sufferers. " Milton 1 thou should'st 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...the following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...the following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...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 ivas like... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...Listen now to a noble apostrophe : — 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England has need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar,...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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