 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
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...drown In a pledge to fair England, her Church and her crown. SONNET TO MILTON.— (Wordsworth.) 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...; | 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...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1871 - 266 pages
...exceeding great reward." Well might Wordsworth write,- — and we may echo his words, — " 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 - Superexlibris - 1871 - 630 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...: — 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...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 - 1872 - 360 pages
...of Wordsworth's loftier style: SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hoar England hath need of thee; she is a fen Of stagnant...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 as... | |
 | John Dennis - Sonnets, English - 1873 - 280 pages
...our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1770—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 as... | |
 | 1873 - 598 pages
...trumpet-calls of the old patriot-poet, and I pass on. The first is addressed to 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 hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure... | |
 | American literature - 1873 - 808 pages
...trumpet-calls of the old patriot-poet, and I pass on. The first is addressed to 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 hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 pages
...good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. 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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