 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 791von William Cullen Bryant - 1877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 Seiten
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. London, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea... | |
 | Mary Louisa Searle - 1874 - 286 Seiten
...are few and far between. Perhaps Wordsworth's lines on Milton would not be out of place. "Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power." You admire the old-fashioned place. Look ! the study blinds are not yet drawn, and by the fireside... | |
 | John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 Seiten
...famous tribute to Milton in English poetry is Wordsworth's resonant sonnet written in 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 Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 Seiten
...the highest tribute paid the genius of Milton is Wordsworth's finest sonnet, "London, 1802" : Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea:... | |
 | Michael O'Brien - 1993 - 292 Seiten
...only from Goldsmith's "The Deserted Village" but from Wordsworth's sonnet, "London, 1802": Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. It was the cry of the Romantie conservative. 74 It is crucial to observe that whatever the standing... | |
 | J. Edward Chamberlin - 1993 - 340 Seiten
..."London, 1802," with its catalogs of praise and its relatively clear, uncomplicated language. Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath...to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea:... | |
 | David Gervais - 1993 - 304 Seiten
...herself like a strong man after sleep'. But the continuity he hoped to cement was already broken: Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. Even if such poems are more than the ' declamatory claptrap '* which Leavis dismissed them as being,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 Seiten
...to them, and said that by the soul Only, the Nations shall be great and free. London, 1802 Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea:... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - 228 Seiten
...gone; our peace, our faithful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Milton Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:...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 a... | |
 | Paula R. Feldman, Daniel Robinson - 1999 - 306 Seiten
...friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and Man's unconquerable mind. 217. London, 1802 Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath...to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure... | |
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