 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...  The Friendship of Books, and Other Lectures - Page 244by Frederick Denison Maurice - 1874 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Herbert - 1866 - 722 pages
...fen of stagnant waters : 184 185 " Rapine, avarice, expense, Thi« U idolatry, and these we adore." " We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give ua manne», virtue, freedom, power." These lines were written in 1802. If they are compared with Cowper's... | |
 | Annie Kane - 1867 - 252 pages
...words, we are strongly tempted to join in the grave reproach of Wordsworth's sonnet: "Milton! thoa shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need...Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower Have foifeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. 0 raise us up; return... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...without rest; They, also, serve who only stand and wait." III. TO MILTON. WOEISWORTH Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and hower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Ok! raise... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pages
...end ! I was a lonely being once ; but now — I have a friend! TH Bayly. LXIX. SONNET. MILTON! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath need...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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pages
...hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. LOfOO-i, I802. MILTOX ! thon shonldst be living at this honr : England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant...inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise ns np, retnrn to ns again ; And give ns manners, virtne, freedom, power. Thy sonl was like a Star,... | |
 | John Milton - 1868 - 440 pages
...thought that was working in Milton's mind from its early morning to its sunset." " We are selfish men. 0 raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners,...! Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou I mil si a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pages
...end ! I was a lonely being once ; but now — I have a friend 1 TH Bayly. LXIX. SONNET. MILTON! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath need of thee ; she is a fi-n Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, —... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! M1LTOX. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour; England hath need...dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh 1 raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...command; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light. 29 8. MILTON. Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need...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... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 pages
...had it even been unto death. Nobly did a kindred spirit, Wordsworth, sing of him — " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour, England hath need...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. \Ve are selfish men. Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.... | |
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