 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...  The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning - Page 333by Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - 918 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 pages
...religion breathing household laws. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 310 pages
...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...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 pages
...religion breathing household laws. I.OSDOV, 1802. MlLTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst thou travel on life's common way, In... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Bookbinding - 1858 - 550 pages
...religion breathing household laws. tONDOS, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sen ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst thou travel on life's common way, In... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - Literature - 1858 - 376 pages
...truth be applied to Wordsworth himself: — " Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way, In... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - English essays - 1859 - 372 pages
...should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: a)tar T sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall...dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1859 - 366 pages
...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...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way? In... | |
 | English language - 1860 - 366 pages
...be living at this hour England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sworci, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower,...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thau hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure as the naked heavens — majestic,... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...him, Eternal honour to his name. TENNYSON. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hast a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and Dower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward...dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst thou travel on life's common way, In... | |
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