 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 444 էջ
..." Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a few* fe. )u 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 էջ
...shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altars, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall...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... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 էջ
...true sway doth mount ; this is the stalk True power doth grow on ; and her rights are these. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 382 էջ
...the neck of the grim old tyrant even with tears and kisses. What a disgraceful spectacle ! " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...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 Alfred Jones - 1847 - 322 էջ
...the patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath...waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower, Of inward happiness, we are selfish... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - 372 էջ
...clergy. That this is the case may be seen from the sonnet to the memory of Milton, in!802 : — " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour ! England hath...their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the whole society of England are represented as " a fen of stagnant waters."... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - 364 էջ
...iuvat. Ipse brevi rorem défendit flosculus umbra, Ne nimio sitiens sorbeat igne dies. Milton. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 էջ
...Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! MILTON.» Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...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... | |
 | 1859 - 748 էջ
...Nature, but we refrain, asking our readers to go with us through one magnificent sonnet. ' Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are sinful men; Oh raise us up! return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power! Thy soul... | |
 | 1851 - 702 էջ
...shattered walls, and replace the rotten frame-work which he had demolished. Restitution, .* " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath...pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us... | |
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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... 
