 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...  A New Library of Poetry and Song - Seite 815herausgegeben von - 1877 - 934 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 Seiten
...thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few! 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 sea ; Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 Seiten
...is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and Dower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward...— 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... | |
 | 1854 - 760 Seiten
...however, may serve as a fair specimen of his brilliant qualities as a translator : — ** Milton ! tbou 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... | |
 | John Bolton Rogerson - 1854 - 320 Seiten
...appropriately closed than with the following noble sonnet by Wordsworth : — ' Milton! thou shouhl'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou had'st a voice whose sound was like the se» : Pure as the naked heaven, majestic, free, So did' at... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 364 Seiten
...our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need...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 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1856 - 754 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 590 Seiten
...following is a strange channt for one who did not cling to popular notions of freedom : " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath need...; Oh raise us up, return to us again ; And give us freedom, manners, virtue, power ; Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart, Thou hadst a voice whose... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 Seiten
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st 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... | |
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