 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 Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning - Page 333by Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 918 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...Ne nimio sitiens sorbeat igne dies. Milton. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart; Thou had'st a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 pages
...laws. 159 H. LONDON, 1802. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour.: England hatb need of tbee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and...dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In chearful... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...LONDON, 1802. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a feu Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and pen, Fireside,...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In chearful... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...breathing household laws. p 2 sii XIV. LONDON, MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; .England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...breathing household laws.. XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
 | England - 1854 - 758 pages
...translator : — •' Milton ! thou shouldrt be living at tliis hour ; England hath need of the* ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and...men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give ui manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 362 pages
...household laws. VOL. III. L XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In... | |
 | English letters - 1826 - 638 pages
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 | Theology - 1836 - 698 pages
...give one as a specimen : 'Milton ! thou should'st he living nt this hour: England hath need of thce : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and...Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us mii1iners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou had'st a voice whose... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...Companion at my side. SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestie, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In... | |
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