 | John Dennis - 1873 - 280 Seiten
...And pure religion breathing household laws. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 1770—1850. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WILLIAM WORDS\\OKTH. 1770 — 1850. BRITISH FREEDOM. IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1873 - 840 Seiten
...and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English duwer Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." The last I will trouble you with is called "A Briton's Thought on the Subjugation of Switzerland,"... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1873 - 628 Seiten
...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us agaiu ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." The last I will trouble you with is railed " A Briton's Thought on the Subj ugation of Switzerland,"... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1874 - 432 Seiten
...Wordsworth's Sonnets this very memorable one; it was written in London in 1802 :— "Milton ! thon shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." I open my lecture with these words, partly because no one had so good a right to speak of a poet as... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 Seiten
...our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. London, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. To Toussaint UOuverture. TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! Whether the all-cheering... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 Seiten
...unto us all Joy, (as our joys admit,) essential. DONNE. TO MILTON. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WORDSWORTH. WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY. CAPTAIN or Colonel, or Knight in arms, Whose... | |
 | 1842 - 330 Seiten
...men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy aoul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. xv. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom, better none :... | |
 | John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 Seiten
...hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; O! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Though the poem has an air of voicing a collective attitude to Milton, certain phrases stand out as... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 Seiten
...the highest tribute paid the genius of Milton is Wordsworth's finest sonnet, "London, 1802" : Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. [APA] WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568-1639), ambassador under James I and Provost of Eton College. A court... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1989 - 370 Seiten
...beginning Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee. He continued: Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. But to be aware of Milton's activities is to realize the extent to which Wordsworth like everyone else... | |
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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... 
