...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 need...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, free, So didst thou...

...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...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, free. So didst thou...

...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 need...their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the whole society of England are represented as " a fen of stagnant waters."...

...Ipse brevi rorem défendit flosculus umbra, Ne nimio sitiens sorbeat igne dies. Milton. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath need...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, free. So didst thou...

...! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! MILTON.» Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need...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, free, So didst thou...

...household laws. ' XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTO> ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England bath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar,...selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; • Se« Note. t See Note. And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star,...

...Nature, but we refrain, asking our readers to go with us through one magnificent sonnet. ' Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are sinful men; Oh raise us up! return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power! Thy soul...

...fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness....power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the i Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel...

...example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1803. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath need...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 naked heavens — majestic,...

...Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need...Of inward happiness. We are selfish men: Oh ; raise ns up, return to us again ! And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star,...