 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840 - 376 pages
...peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. XIT. LONDON, l802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath...common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart XV. GREAT men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom — better none... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1842 - 440 pages
...less forlorn ; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. EARTH has not any thing to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...Listen now to a noble apostrophe : — 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England has need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar,...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 ? — Walton's... | |
 | Fashion - 1842 - 414 pages
...heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We ore selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself dia lay. XV. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom, better... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...integrity of Belarius was vindicated, and he was received into favour by Cymbeline. 7* MILTON. " Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." — Wordsworth. Milton, who is rightly classed among the most exalted of British poets, was the son... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...— Oh raise us up ! Return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul teas like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." Surely this is great writing. There is no affectation, no babyism here. The poet has girded his robe... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...men;— Oh raise us up! Return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul ivas like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." Surely this is great writing. There is no affectation, no babyism here. The poet has girded his robe... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...sonnet« of Wordsworth dedicated to liberty and inspired by patriotism. Sonncti. London, 1C02. Milton ! . Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness ! Close didst lay. The World is Too Much with Га. The world is too much with us ; late and soon, Getting... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; ОЫ of pence attend his eong, And draw their milky train along. He jars didst lay. The World is Too Much with Fs. The world is too much with us ; late and soon, Getting and... | |
 | 1845 - 596 pages
...pomps of structure without name, In fleecy folds voluminous enwrapped. SONNET. ON MILTON. " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, To cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." SONNET. THE COVENANTERS.... | |
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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... 
