 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence. And pure religion breathing household laws. 139 14. 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, the heroic wealth of hall and bower. Have forfeited... | |
 | Capel Lofft - 1813 - 270 pages
...shall find Repose at length, firm Friend of Human-Kind ! DCLXXI. MDCCCII. Otf MILTON. (xiv.) MILTON, Thou shouldst be living at this Hour! ENGLAND hath...heroic Wealth of Hall and Bower, Have forfeited their antient English Dower Of inward Happiness. — We are selfish men. O raise us up ; — return to us... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 538 pages
...That this is the case may be seen from the sonnet to the memory of Milton, in 1802. " Milton, thon shouldst be living at this hour ! England hath need...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and kowcr, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...household-laws. xiy. MILTON ! t linn shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of t lice : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hnll and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. \Ve are selfish men;... | |
 | England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...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, Fireside— the heroic wealth of ball and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness — We are seili-li... | |
 | English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...mountain Floods should thunder as before, And Ocean bellow from his rocky shore, 200 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1802. MILTON! thou should'st be living at this hour...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bowe Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 508 pages
...wasgreat is pass VI away." Vol. ip 132. The following is entitled "London:"—г " Milton ! thou shoold'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of haH ana bower. Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ;... | |
 | 1835 - 930 pages
...which once wan great is pass 'd away." Vol. ip 132. The following is entitled "London:" — " Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant walers : aliar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall ana bower, Have forfeited their... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Liberalism (Religion) - 1834 - 972 pages
...dignified solemnity with which ' Milton, you are wanted,' is paraphrased by Wordsworth into ' Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : ' It betokened a homelier want than that expressed by the great poet of his greater predecessor.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. LONDON, liJO'J. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their aneient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again... | |
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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 to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt... 
