 Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; 0, raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea : Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page xcviiiby John Milton - 1842 - 767 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : O ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1868 - 328 pages
...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 men ; Oh ! raise ns np, retnrn to ns again ; Thy sonl was like a Star, and dwelt apart; And give ns manners,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American poetry - 1868 - 710 pages
...a fi-n 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 men. O ! raise us up—return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul was as... | |
 | Blind - 1894 - 456 pages
...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 men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Milton. Thy soul... | |
 | England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...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 men." Simplicity, and goodness, and comfort, are ebbing away from our shores —on the one hand we find luxury... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 226 pages
...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 men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 226 pages
...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 men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Poetry - 2000 - 788 pages
...she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hail 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... | |
 | Malcolm Miles Kelsall - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 234 pages
...moral republicanism: Milton! them shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee . . . Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power . . . It became commonplace to call Wordsworth apostate, and Byron's invocation of Milton in Don Juan... | |
 | George Lachmann Mosse - History - 1987 - 380 pages
...OF HUMAN REGENERATION have been a part of poetic vision for many centuries. "We are selfish men: O raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power." Wordsworth's appeal to Milton stands within a long tradition. 1 A new man must be created, who will... | |
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