 | William Gresley - English fiction - 1841 - 290 pages
...gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. • . . England is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and pen,...bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of happiness. We are selfish men : O raise us up, and come to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need...give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul teas like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need...give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul ivas like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked... | |
 | Fashion - 1842 - 414 pages
...individual greatness. XIV. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee j she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We ore selfish... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath need...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadft a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Sonnets. London, 1808. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thce ; 'm dead. [The Hebrew Bard.] » « * Softly the tuneful...divine, While fountains spring with oil and wine. ; ОЫ raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 548 pages
...this is the case may be seen from the sonnet to the memory of Milton, in 1802. " Milton, thou shouldsl be living at this hour! England hath need of thee...sword, and pen, Fireside, the Heroic wealth of hall and bowtr, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! MILTON. MILTON ! thou 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 and bower, Have forfeited their ancient... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - American literature - 1846 - 382 pages
...a sufficient advertisement of each reprint : ' Milton ! 1 1 ii in shouldst be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou ] 1 1 1 1 1 .1 a voice whose sound was like the Sea : Pure as the naked Heavens, majestic, free : So... | |
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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... 
