 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...  The Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly - Seite 9herausgegeben von - 1838Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1808 - 532 Seiten
...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 - 180 Seiten
...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...free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In chearful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. 140 Great Men have been... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 Seiten
...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 lake lie, The mountains... | |
 | James Ogilvie - 1816 - 436 Seiten
...up, O come to us again! And gire us, knowledge, freedom, virtue, power' Thy soul was like a star mid dwelt apart! Thou had'st a voice, whose sound was like the sea' So did'st thou travel o'er life's eommon road In cheerful godliness: and yet thy heart, The lowliest... | |
 | 1854 - 758 Seiten
...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 to us again, And give ui manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 Seiten
...Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again. MILTON. units 160S—DIED 1674. Thy'soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice...naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel, in life's common way In cheerful tnxlllness. WORDSWORTH JOHN MILTON, who is pre-eminently the divine... | |
 | 1836 - 698 Seiten
...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...Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us mii1iners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou had'st a voice whose... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 Seiten
...altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish...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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 Seiten
...conduct.' " " Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart : Thou hads.1 a voice whose sound was like the sc»; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst...way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lewliest duties on herself did lay." — Wordsworth. Milton, who is rightly classed among the most... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 Seiten
...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 like a Star, and dwell apart : WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS. Thou 1ml- 1 a Yoice whose sound was like the sea : Pure... | |
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