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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... "
Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of ... - Page 325
edited by - 1844 - 4 pages
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The Presbyterian review and religious journal, Volume 17

1845 - 596 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, To cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." SONNET. THE COVENANTERS....
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The Poems of William Wordsworth, D.C.L., Poet Laureate, Etc. Etc

William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the в Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful...
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Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc

George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1846 - 444 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners,...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." The constitution of Geneva is such, that by its provisions there is no liberty of instruction...
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Papers on literature and art, Part 1

Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) - 1846 - 182 pages
...best and a sufficient advertisement of each reprint : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on .herself did lay." One should have climbed to as high a point as Wordsworth to be able to review Milton, or...
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Papers on Literature and Art, Parts 1-2

Margaret Fuller - American literature - 1846 - 380 pages
...shouldst be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy aoul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice...Godliness, and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." One should have climbed to as high a point as Wordsworth to be able to review Milton, or...
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The Poets and Poetry of England: In the Nineteenth Century

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens — majestie, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart...
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Papers on Literature and Art, Parts 1-2

Margaret Fuller - American literature - 1846 - 382 pages
...us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou ] 1 1 1 1 1 .1 a voice whose sound was like the Sea : Pure as the...Godliness, and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." One should have climbed to as high a point as Wordsworth to be able to review Milton, or...
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Literary Studies: A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2

William Alfred Jones - English literature - 1847 - 352 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower, Of inward happiness. we are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...; and yet 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...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 4

Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British freedom, which to the open sea Of the...
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Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc and the Jungfrau Alp

George Barrell Cheever - Alps - 1847 - 382 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners,...as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou trav 1 on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself...
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