 | 1856 - 754 pàgines
...— Like some fair blossom torn away In all its purest bloom. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Born 1770. t 1850. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. ffienn DiSbdien wunbe lauben pflegen, din <PfIdnjdjen ;K!IH, ba8 franf unb malt, etc lieben'3 mel)t,... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pàgines
...To whom the gifts of life and warmth have been Of a more fatal nature ! BYRON. T 2 MILTON. MILTOK ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst thou travel in life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1856 - 768 pàgines
...men : Oh ' raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy MIH| was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. We pass now to Milton's Tractate on Education, to which we have prepared brief Notes, referred to [1-72]... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pàgines
...good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. GREAT men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom — better none :... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 310 pàgines
...need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. IT. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom better none :... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pàgines
...contemplating him, has Wordsworth finely apostrophized his illustrious predecessor, Milton : — ' Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." The literary period of Dryden and those amidst whom he was preeminent was in no respect, that I can... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 306 pàgines
...return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power, Thy soul was like a star, and dwell apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom better none : The... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 308 pàgines
...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,...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... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 376 pàgines
...which he had described Milton might with great truth be applied to Wordsworth himself: — " Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." I will now read to you one or two passages in which Wordsworth shows the power of this life of contemplation.... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pàgines
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. I.OSDOV, 1802. MlLTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart GREAT MEN have been among us ; hands that penn'd And tongues that utter'd wisdom, bettor none : The... | |
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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... 
