 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.  The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayley - Pągina 11editat per - 1846Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pągines
...gone; our peace, our fearful innocence. And pure religion breathing household laws. 139 14. 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, the heroic wealth of hall and bower. Have forfeited... | |
 | 1829 - 1008 pągines
...still it is also true, that the common people of England are neither prosperous nor happy. " England is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,...dower Of inward happiness — We are selfish men." Simplicity, and goodness, and comfort, are ebbing away from our shores — on the one hand we find... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pągines
...household laws. LONDON, i8oa. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of ihee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen. Fireside, the heroic wealth of ball and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pągines
...household-laws. xiy. MILTON ! t linn shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of t lice : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hnll and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. \Ve are selfish men;... | |
 | 1836 - 708 pągines
...one as a specimen : ' Milton ! thoti ahould'at b« living at this hour : England hath need oftbee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and...happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return tn as again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart;... | |
 | 1839 - 512 pągines
...that we have stated, but also as a splendid tribute to the greatest of bards : — " MILTON ! them should'st be living at this hour : England hath need...stagnant waters; altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, th' heroic wealth of hall and bower Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness.... | |
 | 1831 - 548 pągines
...great part of liberatress of the world, which be predicted she was to play. He fondly complained that altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. If each single word of this complaint be well meditated, it opens nll the characteristic glories of... | |
 | 1832 - 542 pągines
...liberatress of the world, which he predicted she was to play. He fondly complained that altar, sword and peu, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. If each single word of this complaint be well meditated, it opens all the characteristic glories of... | |
 | 1833 - 240 pągines
...mountain Floods should thunder as before, And Ocean bellow from his rocky shore, 200 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1802. MILTON! thou should'st be living at this hour...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bowe Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 972 pągines
...dignified solemnity with which ' Milton, you are wanted,' is paraphrased by Wordsworth into ' Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : ' It betokened a homelier want than that expressed by the great poet of his greater predecessor.... | |
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