 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 selfish...  L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas - Page xiby John Milton - 1900 - 130 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 434 pages
...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 364 pages
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...breathing household laws, f XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTOS! thou «hould'st be living at this hour: England bath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar,...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Ob : raise us up, return to us again ; • Set Note. t See Note. And give us manners, virtue, freedom,... | |
 | 1854 - 768 pages
...the heroic wealth of hull and bower. Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happines?. We are selfish men: Oh ! raise us up, return to us...again, And give us manners virtue, freedom, power. Thy sotil was like a star, und dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 350 pages
...progress of knowledge, when there is a chance of extending it to the people universally. " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee." It is in connexion with all we have said in the z preceding pages, about the character and tendency... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...had angelic wings, And fed on manna. WOttUSvVOKTH.r. Mtt.Tov ! thon ihouldst be living at this hoar; England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. Wo are selfish men ; 0, raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 344 pages
...sincere, and so gifted, as his ! and who will not join in the language of Wordsworth: — " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. England hath need of 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,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1856 - 768 pages
...thou should 'st be living at this hour : Tho world hath need of thee. • » • • "We are selBsh men : Oh ' raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy MIH| was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the... | |
 | 1856 - 526 pages
...apostrophe to Milton, in one of England's dark hours during the French Revolution : — " Milton I Thou shouldst be living at this hour. England hath need of thee." So have we said of this one, and of that one, of the men whom we venerate in our country's history.... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 330 pages
...their words, we are strongly tempted to join in the grave reproach of Wordsworth's sonnet : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. 0 raise us up ; return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
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