 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
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 Seiten
...confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live SONNET TO 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 thou... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 Seiten
...thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! M1LTOX. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath need...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 Seiten
...command; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 29 8. MILTON. 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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 Seiten
...had it even been unto death. Nobly did a kindred spirit, Wordsworth, sing of him — " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour, England hath need...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. \Ve are selfish men. Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 Seiten
...a straight line across a field easily suggesting that of a plough also. 213. MILTON. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : ' England hath need...bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower 1. This hour: 1802, when this sonnet was written. Of inward happiness. Wo are selfish men ; Oh ! raise... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 Seiten
...a pledge to fair England, her Church and her crown. SONNET TO MILTON.— (Wordsworth.) 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 Seiten
...; | t? 1 1 3 w w — «r (g •si 1, I s V 1 I. EARLY POEMS. H. SONNETS. M1LTON I THOU SHOULD'ST EE LIVING AT THIS HOUR: ENGLAND HATH NEED OF THEE: SHE...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... | |
 | 1871 - 266 Seiten
...exceeding great reward." Well might Wordsworth write,- — and we may echo his words, — " 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 Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 Seiten
...laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'stbe living at this hour: England hath need of thce : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and...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... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 Seiten
...: — They also serve who only stand and wait.' MILTON. LONDON, 1802. A /T ILTON ! 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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