 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 2011833 - 224 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 strani
...heroic wealth of hnll and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. \Ve e of human tears. That shall no longer flow. What though benea n« manners, virtue.freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star and dwelt apart : Thon hadst a voice whose... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 strani
...is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen. Fireside, the heroic wealth of ball and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Ob ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was... | |
 | 1836 - 708 strani
...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 men ; Oh ! raise us up, return tn as again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart;... | |
 | 1839 - 512 strani
...she is a fen Of stagnant waters; altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, th' heroic wealth of 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, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | 1831 - 484 strani
...even more truly than of Milton, may it be said, " His soul was as a star, and dwelt apart : He had a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free." To him succeeded Aristotle, without the everyday practical wisdom of Socrates, and without the wrapt... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 strani
...MODERN POETS OREAT REFORMERS : Hare forfeited their ancient English dower [; Of inward happiness. We arc selfish men: Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power 1 This, in faith, is most marvellous language for a Tory ! Nothing less than Republicanism, the purest... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 350 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 happiness. We are selfish men; O, raise us up ! return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1838 - 508 strani
...< If inward happiness. We arc selfish men ; • Hi ! raise us ii|>, return to us again ; And «ivr us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : • Thou hailst a voice whose sound was like the no» : I'uru as the naked lieiivens, majestic, frei'. A didst... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 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 happiness. We are selfish men ; 0 raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | 1839 - 510 strani
...is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, th' heroic wealth of hall and bower Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men, O ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
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