 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. [ XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON! Ihou ehould'st wide embrace Ol' institutions, and the forms of things ; As they exist, nnd bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1852 - 364 pages
...good example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1803. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath...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 was... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men: Oh ; raise ns up, return to us again ! And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...The thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few! MILTON. Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...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 was like... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1853 - 172 pages
...wait." — Milton. I SECT. II.] ENGLISH HISTOET — PLANTAGENET LINE. 105 Milton ! thou should' st be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and Dower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. — We are selfish men ; Oh,... | |
 | England - 1854 - 760 pages
...however, may serve as a fair specimen of his brilliant qualities as a translator : — ** Milton ! tbou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need...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 was like... | |
 | John Bolton Rogerson - 1854 - 320 pages
...appropriately closed than with the following noble sonnet by Wordsworth : — ' Milton! thou shouhl'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...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 was... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...had angelic wings, And fed on manna. WOttUSvVOKTH.r. Mtt.Tov ! thon ihouldst be living at this hoar; England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant...forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. Wo are selfish men ; 0, raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...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...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 was like... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...blossom torn away In all its purest bloom. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Born 1770. t 1850. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...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 was... | |
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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 selfish... 
