 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. Wo are selfish men ; 0, raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners,...apart : Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the se» : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free; So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...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,...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. ffienn DiSbdien wunbe lauben pflegen, din <PfIdnjdjen ;K!IH, ba8 franf unb malt, etc lieben'3... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1856 - 768 pages
...men : Oh ' raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy MIH| was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...and yet, thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. We pass now to Milton's Tractate on Education, to which we have prepared brief Notes, referred... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...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,...naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst thou travel in life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1857 - 480 pages
...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,...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. GREAT men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom — better... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 312 pages
...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,...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom better none... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...contemplating him, has Wordsworth finely apostrophized his illustrious predecessor, Milton : — ' Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice...godliness, and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." The literary period of Dryden and those amidst whom he was preeminent was in no respect,... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 306 pages
...return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power, Thy soul was like a star, and dwell apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the...godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom better none... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - Blind - 1857 - 308 pages
...hall and bower 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,...voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heaven, majestic, free. Yet didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1858 - 516 pages
...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,...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." Who that has read " meek Walton " will not answer to the perfect truth of the following ?... | |
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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... 
