 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
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - Classical languages - 1850 - 364 pages
...iuvat. Ipse brevi rorem défendit flosculus umbra, Ne nimio sitiens sorbeat igne dies. Milton. 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 had'st a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...surpassed — some of the noble sonnets of Wordsworth dedicated to liberty and inspired by patriotism. Sonnets. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! 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 se Pure as the... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1852 - 364 pages
...good example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1803. 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 ; Thau hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...less forlorn ; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at...Of inward happiness. We are selfish men: Oh ; raise ns up, return to us again ! And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...The thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few! 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... | |
 | England - 1854 - 760 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Bolton Rogerson - 1854 - 320 pages
...appropriately closed than with the following noble sonnet by Wordsworth : — ' Milton! thou shouhl'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou had'st a voice whose sound was like the se» : Pure... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1854 - 364 pages
...cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...— Like some fair blossom torn away In all its purest bloom. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Born 1770. t 1850. 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 hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure... | |
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