 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
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. W. Wordsworth ccxm THE SAME 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... | |
 | Severn river - English poetry - 1867 - 458 pages
...spirare homines, oculi dum cerneré poesunt, Vivit teqve vetat nostra Camena mori. к. Milton. ILTON ! 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... | |
 | Annie Kane - Blind - 1867 - 252 pages
...words, we are strongly tempted to join in the grave reproach of Wordsworth's sonnet: "Milton! thoa shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need...Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower Have foifeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. 0 raise us up; return... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...ocean without rest; They, also, serve who only stand and wait." III. TO MILTON. WOEISWORTH Milton ! 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; Ok! raise... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...at an end ! I was a lonely being once ; but now — I have a friend! TH Bayly. LXIX. SONNET. MILTON! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath...us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul was as a star and dwelt apart ; Thou had'st a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...LXIX. SONNET. MILTON! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath need of thee ; she is a fi-n Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and pen, Fireside,...us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul was as a star and dwelt apart ; Thou had'st a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1868 - 328 pages
...hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. LOfOO-i, I802. MILTOX ! thon shonldst be living at this honr : England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise ns np, retnrn to ns again ; And give ns manners, virtne, freedom, power. Thy sonl was... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live SONNET TO MILTON. MILTON, thou shouldst be living at this...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! M1LTOX. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh 1 raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | 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...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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