 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
 | University of Oxford - 1869 - 314 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 ; jPure as... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 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 seaJ Pure as the... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 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 Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 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... | |
 | John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 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 Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 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... | |
 | J. Edward Chamberlin - 1993 - 340 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... | |
 | Michael O'Brien - 1993 - 292 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. It was the cry of the Romantie conservative. 74 It is crucial to observe that whatever the standing... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 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... | |
 | Masson - 1995 - 228 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... | |
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