 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
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 strani
...frivolity; and Milton had passed into that seclusion of which it has been grandly said : "Milton, Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...sea — Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free."* His varied career drew to a solemn ending. He who in youth and early manhood had given the freshness... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 strani
...; and Milton had passed into that seclusion of which it has been grandly said : " Milton, Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...sea — Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free."* His varied career drew to a solemn ending. He who in youth and early manhood had given the freshness... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 strani
...frivolity; and Milton had passed into that seclusion of which it has been grandly said : "Milton, Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the seaPure as the naked heavens, majestic, free."* His varied career drew to a solemn ending. He who in... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 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 in life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 556 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...; Oh raise us up, return to us again ; And give us freedom, manners, virtue, power ; Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart, Thou hadst a voice whose... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 344 strani
...thee. She is a fen 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...life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet tby heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." BURNS.* THIS is, if not by any means the ablest,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1856 - 768 strani
...thou should 'st be living at this hour : Tho world hath need of thee. • » • • "We are selBsh men : Oh ' raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy MIH| was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 strani
...aparti Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the Bern; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free; Bo didst thou travel on life's common way, , In cheerful godliness: and yet thy heart Tlie lowliest duties on herself did lay. WORDS WORTH. FAR above all the poets of his own age, and.... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 strani
...frivolity ; and Milton had passed into that seclusion of which it has been grandly said : "MUton, Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...sea — Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free." — Wordtworlh. His varied career drew to a solemn ending. He who in youth and early manhood had given... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 strani
...altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and hower, Have forfeited their ancicnt English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish...Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us mauners, virtne, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose... | |
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