| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 558 Seiten
...happiness. We are selfish men; Oh raise us up, return to us again; And give us freedom, manners, virtue, power; Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." He especially delighted however in the Sonnet to record some of his Individual Impressions—his more... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 Seiten
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul...naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst thou travel in life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1856 - 344 Seiten
...thee. She is a fen Of stagnant waters. We are selfish men. Thy soul was like a star; and dwelt apart; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst...life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet tby heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." BURNS.* THIS is, if not by any means the ablest,... | |
| William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 Seiten
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. [APA] WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568-1639), ambassador under James I and Provost of Eton College. A court... | |
| William Wordsworth - 2000 - 788 Seiten
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul...apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; to Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In chearful... | |
| John Milton - 1985 - 468 Seiten
...beginning Milton! thou shoulds't be living at this hour: England hath need of thee. He continued: Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. But to be aware of Milton's activities is to realize the extent to which Wordsworth like everyone else... | |
| C. A. Patrides - 1989 - 370 Seiten
...249 Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee. He continued: Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sear Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...What Man has made of Man? (1. 23-24) EnRP; FPL; GTBS; GTBS-P; NAEL-2; OAEL-2; PoLF London, 1802 41 And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart. (1. 8—9) 42 So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet... | |
| J. Edward Chamberlin - 1993 - 340 Seiten
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. 7 Sometimes, the purposes to which the form was turned were ironically political, undermining the formal... | |
| David Gervais - 1993 - 304 Seiten
...Leavis dismissed them as being, they hardly succeed in creating a real sense of Milton himself: Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea This lofty apartness is what really stirs the poet of solitude, not the prospect of national consensus.... | |
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