...Nature, but we refrain, asking our readers to go with us through one magnificent sonnet. ' Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are sinful men; Oh raise us up! return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power! Thy soul...

...shattered walls, and replace the rotten frame-work which he had demolished. Restitution, .* " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us...

...innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. [ XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON! Ihou ehould'st wide embrace Ol' institutions, and the forms of things ; As they exist, nnd bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh...

...thine, Milton, whose genins had angelie wings, And fed on mauna. WORDSWORTH.^ MtLToN ! thou shonldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroie wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their aneient English dower Of inward happiness. We...

...That this is the case may be seen from the sonnet to the memory of Milton, in 1802 : — " Miltoii. thou shouldst be living at this hour! England hath...of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sioord, and pen, fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower. Have forfeited their ancient English...

...good example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1803. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thau hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure as the naked heavens — majestic,...

...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...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,...

...the things which he possesseth." LUKE zii. 15. MONEY AND MORALS. CHAPTER I. THE PROBLEM. " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee." — WORDSWORTH. "How will the gold get into the currency?" is, just now, a question of considerable...

...wait." — Milton. I SECT. II.] ENGLISH HISTOET — PLANTAGENET LINE. 105 Milton ! thou should' st be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and Dower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. — We are selfish men ; Oh,...

...That this is the case may be seen from the sonnet to the memory of Milton, in 1802 : — " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour! England hath...of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sicord, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English...