 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. We are...  Specimens of English Sonnets - Stran 201avtor: Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 224 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Milton - 1847 - 568 strani
...DISPUTE HIS STRENGTH AND GRANDEUR ? SIR EOERTOJf BRTDOES. MILTON ! THOU SBOULDST BE LIVING AT THIS BOOR. RETURN TO US AGAIN, AND GIVE US MANNERS, VIRTUE, FREEDOM,...A STAR, AND DWELT APART THOU HADST A VOICE, WHOSE SOOND WAS LIKE THE SEA : PURE AS THE NAKED HEAVENS, MAJESTIC, FREE; SO DIDST THOU TRAVEL ON LIFE'S... | |
 | 1848 - 602 strani
...thee. She is a (en Of stagnant waters. We are selfish men. Thy soul was like a star ; and dwelt apart; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common war, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." From the Dublin... | |
 | 1849 - 770 strani
...Thy soul \vas like a star, and dwelt apart; 'I hou hadst a voice whose suuu;l was like the sea; I'ure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common Vay." We hear the roar of the sea ; the voice, in English literature, is as that of Niagara among waters.... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 strani
...involuntarily to him these lines of Wordsworth on Milton : " His soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ! He had a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So did he travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness, and yet his heart The lowliest duties on... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 strani
...involuntarily to him these lines of Wordsworth on Milton : " His soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ! He had a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So did he travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness, and yet his heart The lowliest duties on... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 strani
...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...apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the se Pure as the naked heavens — majestie, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful... | |
 | 1851 - 702 strani
...fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness....apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the i Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way. In cheerful... | |
 | 1851 - 808 strani
...would break the stillness, let us exclaim— ' Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. • * * Oh raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners,...the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, Majestic, free !' * This sublime and affecting production was but lately discovered among the remains of our great... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 strani
...is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall nnd bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward...selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; Note. t See Note. And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 428 strani
...Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; O, raise as up ! return to us again ; And give us mauners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voiee, whose sound was like the sea : Pore as the naked heavens, majestie, free ; So didst thou travel... | |
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