 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 σελίδες
...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,...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... | |
 | 1911 - 518 σελίδες
...same sentiments : ' Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen,...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. . . .' In 1807 he lamented again : ' Great men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that... | |
 | 1808 - 532 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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, Fireside,...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 σελίδες
...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,...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 σελίδες
...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, Fireside,...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 σελίδες
...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, Fireside,...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... | |
 | 1829 - 1008 σελίδες
...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...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 σελίδες
...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, Fireside,...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1899 - 308 σελίδες
...laws. 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,...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... | |
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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 selfish... 
