 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
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 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...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,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 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: Oh ; raise ns up, return to us again ! And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1853 - 406 strani
...feelings, as they come and go in the current of every day's existence, we have nothing. " Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice,...free ; So didst thou travel on life's common way." We hear the roar of the sea ; the voice in English literature is as that of Niagara among waters. We... | |
 | Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 658 strani
...address him in language spoken by him of another, but perhaps more applicable to himself — " Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart, Thou hadst a voice,...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... | |
 | Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 strani
..." his conversation was in heaven." Truly does Wordsworth say, in his " Sonnet to Milton," Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was as the seaPure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. Even when he was most popular, his ontemporaries... | |
 | 1854 - 760 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...naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on lile's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay."... | |
 | John Bolton Rogerson - 1854 - 320 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 had'st a voice whose sound was like the se» : Pure as the naked heaven, majestic, free, So did' at thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
 | 1854 - 768 strani
...the heroic wealth of hull and bower. Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happines?. We are selfish men: Oh ! raise us up, return to us...again, And give us manners virtue, freedom, power. Thy sotil was like a star, und dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 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 : Ob : raise us up, return to us again ; • Set Note. t See Note. And give us manners, virtue, freedom,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 strani
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. Wo are selfish men ; 0, raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners,...apart : Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the se» : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free; So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
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