 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 Baptist Magazine - Pagina 3141857Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pagine
...igne dies. Milton. 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,...star, and dwelt apart; Thou had'st a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common... | |
 | 1808 - 532 pagine
...bower, Hnve forfeited thfir ancient Englifl) dower Of inward happinefs. We are felfifh men ; Oh ! raife us up, return to us again ( And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy foul was like a ftar, and dwelt apart : „ Thou i.ji.1'. a voice wltnfe found was like the fea ; Pure... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pagine
...159 H. LONDON, 1802. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour.: England hatb need of tbee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and pen,...Star and 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pagine
...LONDON, 1802. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a feu Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and pen, Fireside,...Star and 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pagine
...XIV. LONDON, 1802. 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,...Star and 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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pagine
...sii XIV. LONDON, 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,...Star and 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pagine
...rich jewel hanging in an Ethiop's ear. So, too, when Wordsworth apostrophizes Milton, — " Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea " ; — here we have two similes. But when he says, — " Unruffled doth the blue... | |
 | 1854 - 758 pagine
...translator : — •' Milton ! thou shouldrt be living at tliis hour ; England hath need of the* ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and pen,...men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give ui manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice... | |
 | 1829 - 1008 pagine
...still it is also true, that the common people of England are neither prosperous nor happy. " England is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,...dower Of inward happiness — We are selfish men." Simplicity, and goodness, and comfort, are ebbing away from our shores — on the one hand we find... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 pagine
...XIV. LONDON, 1802. 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,...Star and 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... | |
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