 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...  Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose - Page 427edited by - 1910 - 756 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 29 8. MILTON. Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee;...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; O ! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...to fair England, her Church and her crown. SONNET TO MILTON.— (Wordsworth.) Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...again, And give us 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...; | t? 1 1 3 w w — «r (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...; AND GIVE US 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1871 - 266 pages
...reward." Well might Wordsworth write,- — and we may echo his words, — " MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee...again, And give us 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Superexlibris - 1871 - 630 pages
...laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'stbe living at this hour: England hath need of thce : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and...: And give us 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... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...ocean without rest : — They also serve who only stand and wait.' MILTON. LONDON, 1802. A /T ILTON ! thou should' st be living at this hour : ^ •*•...again, And give us 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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1872 - 360 pages
...of Wordsworth's loftier style: SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hoar England hath need of thee; she is a fen Of stagnant...again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thau hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the... | |
 | John Milton - 1872 - 568 pages
...11. "S) ^ vo s •s ^ d •« rt 'S B <u ^"0 1 i I. EARLY POEMS. VOL. I. MILTON 1 THOU SHOULD'ST EE LIVING AT THIS HOUR: ENGLAND HATH NEED OF THEE: SHE...ENGLISH DOWER OF INWARD HAPPINESS. WE ARE SELFISH MEN J OH I RAISE US UP, RETURN TO US AGAIN J AND GIVE US MANNERS, VIRTUE, FREEDOM, POWER. THY SOUL WAS... | |
 | American literature - 1873 - 808 pages
...the old patriot-poet, and I pass on. The first is addressed to Milton : — " Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...; And give us 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... | |
 | 1873 - 598 pages
...old patriot-poet, and I pass on. The first is addressed to Milton : — ' ' Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...; And give us 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... | |
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