 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...  Lectures and Addresses on Literary and Social Topics - Page 236by Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...trumpet, whence he hlew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! MILTON. Milton ! thou shouldst he living at this hour ; England hath need of thee ;...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and hower, Have forfeited their ancicnt English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 306 pages
...patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness : XIV. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath...waters; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower, Of inward happiness. We are selfish... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 312 pages
...patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness : xrv. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath...waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower, Of inward happiness.. We are... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 310 pages
...patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness : XIV. Milton ! them should'st be living at this hour; England hath need...waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower, Of inward happiness. We are selfish... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - Blind - 1857 - 308 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 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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1858 - 516 pages
...yet how compact the whole great effect! Listen to the following noble apostrophe. " 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 Henry Milburn - Blind - 1858 - 314 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 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... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - English essays - 1859 - 372 pages
...was the work which Milton tried to do, when he raised that clear, calm voice of his to call back bis countrymen to simpler manners and to simpler laws....hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: a)tar T sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - Blind - 1860 - 384 pages
...are strongly tempted to join in the grave reproach of Wordsworth's sonnet : " Milton ! thou shonldst be living at this hour, England hath need of thee...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... | |
 | English language - 1860 - 366 pages
...good example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1808. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath...of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sworci, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, 'Have forfeited their ancient English... | |
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