 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...  The Household Book of Poetry - Page 417edited by - 1882 - 862 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...the following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul ivas like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...the following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul teas like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...Listen now to a noble apostrophe : — 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England has need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar,...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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...The following sonnet is a good example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at...again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadft a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...sonnet« of Wordsworth dedicated to liberty and inspired by patriotism. Sonncti. London, 1C02. Milton ! . Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness ! Close Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure... | |
 | 1845 - 596 pages
...pomps of structure without name, In fleecy folds voluminous enwrapped. SONNET. ON MILTON. " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...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 as... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LONDON, l802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...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 в Pure as... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1846 - 332 pages
...forlorn ; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. LOSDOV, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour...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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1847 - 382 pages
...the 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...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 as... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...true sway doth mount ; this is the stalk True power doth grow on ; and her rights are these. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...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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