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... With the Poets: A Selection of English Poetry - Página 187por Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 290 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Wordsworth - 1854 - 364 páginas
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...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 Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 páginas
...breathing household laws, f XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTOS! thou «hould'st be living at this hour: England bath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar,...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Ob : raise us up, return to us again ; • Set Note. t See Note. And give us manners, virtue, freedom,... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 900 páginas
...had angelic wings, And fed on manna. WOttUSvVOKTH.r. Mtt.Tov ! thon ihouldst be living at this hoar; England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. Wo are selfish men ; 0, raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 páginas
...To whom the gifts of life and warmth have been Of a more fatal nature ! BYRON. T 2 MILTON. MILTOK ! 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,... | |
| 1856 - 754 páginas
...blossom torn away In all its purest bloom. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Born 1770. t 1850. London, 1802. 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,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 páginas
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st 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,... | |
| William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 330 páginas
...their words, we are strongly tempted to join in the grave reproach of Wordsworth's sonnet : " 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... | |
| William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 310 páginas
...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,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 páginas
...trumpet, whence he hlew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! MILTON. Milton ! thou shouldst he living at this hour ; England hath need of thee ;...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and hower, Have forfeited their ancicnt English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise... | |
| William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 306 páginas
...patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness : XIV. 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... | |
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