 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, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness....  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2201808Full view - About this book
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1858 - 516 pages
...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 like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 pages
...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, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 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, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - 1860 - 384 pages
...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, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadat a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1860 - 486 pages
...best and a sufficient advertisement of each reprint: " Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the Sea: Pure as the... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...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 like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 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, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hast a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the... | |
 | 1861 - 858 pages
...bower Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. Oh I raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power : Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...Dower, 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 a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the... | |
 | Alexander Simpson Patterson - 1862 - 236 pages
...bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh I raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the... | |
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