...fearful innocence, XIV. S LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England haul need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar,...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 like...

..." Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a few* fe. )u Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and pen, Fireside,...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,...

...shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altars, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall...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 — majestie,...

...the neck of the grim old tyrant even with tears and kisses. What a disgraceful spectacle ! " Milton ! thou shouldst 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,...

...true sway doth mount ; this is the stalk True power doth grow on ; and her rights are these. Milton ! thou shouldst 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,...

...need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English...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,...

...the patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath...waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower, Of inward happiness, we are selfish...

...clergy. That this is the case may be seen from the sonnet to the memory of Milton, in!802 : — " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour ! England hath...their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the whole society of England are represented as " a fen of stagnant waters."...

...iuvat. Ipse brevi rorem défendit 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,...

...Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! MILTON.» Milton ! thou shouldst 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 se Pure as the naked heavens — majestie,...