 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 ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are...  The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly - Page 13edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 pages
...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 men. 0 raise us up; return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1859 - 322 pages
...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. 0 raise us up; return to us again, And give iia manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like...voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heaven, majestic, free. Yet didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness; and yet thy... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 384 pages
...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 men. 0 raise us up ; return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes In endless night. <1 «»T. Thy son! was like a nUir, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the seat Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; Bo didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...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...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hast a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou... | |
 | 1861 - 858 pages
...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 men. Oh I raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power : Thy soul was like... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...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 men : O ! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1862 - 366 pages
...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...hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure 03 the naked heavens— majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness... | |
 | Alexander Simpson Patterson - 1862 - 236 pages
...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 men ; Oh I raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | 1863 - 276 pages
...fhouldft be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : . . . We are irlfiih men ; Oh ! raife us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy foul was like a ftar, and dwelt apart : Thou hadft a voice whofe found was like the fea. Pure as the... | |
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