 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 selfish...  English Prose Writings of John Milton - Pagina 10door John Milton - 1889 - 446 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1841 - 908 pagina’s
...language too, is sublime and strong — worthy1 of the mind of tho Blind Minstrel. O Milton, Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose soun'l was like the sea; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pagina’s
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul...common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Who that has read " Meek Walton" will not answer to the perfect... | |
 | 1842 - 414 pagina’s
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We ore selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul...common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself dia lay. XV. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pagina’s
...integrity of Belarius was vindicated, and he was received into favour by Cymbeline. 7* MILTON. " Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." — Wordsworth. Milton, who is rightly classed among the most... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pagina’s
...men;— Oh raise us up! Return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul ivas like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice,...common way In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." Surely this is great writing. There is no affectation, no... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pagina’s
...— Oh raise us up ! Return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul teas like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice,...common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." Surely this is great writing. There is no affectation, no... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pagina’s
...suffering, dignity by lowliness ? " Obeying this sentiment, Milton deserved the apostrophe of Wordsworth: " Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst...common way In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." He laid on himself the lowliest duties. Johnson petulantly... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagina’s
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; ОЫ raise us up, return to us again ; their milky train along. He jars The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. The World is Too Much with Fs. The world is too much with... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pagina’s
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh! raise us up, return to us again ; n ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the «elf-same song that found a The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. The World is Too Much with Га. The world is too much with... | |
 | 1926 - 750 pagina’s
...literary question cannot be understood. What Wordsworth wrote of another was true of himself: — Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice...the sea. Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. The vision and faculty divine of his earlier genius, differing almost inexplicably from anything there... | |
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