 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 538 页
...No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! MILTON. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altars, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 430 页
...of the grim old tyrant, even with tears and kisses. What a disgraceful spectacle ! " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a few • Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1847 - 352 页
...patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness. XIV. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath need...waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower, Of inward happiness. we are selfish... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1848 - 372 页
...That this is the case may be seen from the sonnet to the memory of Milton, in!802 : — " Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour ! England hath need...their ancient English dower Of inward happiness." Here, church, state, and the whole society of England are represented as " a fen of stagnant waters."... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 页
...sincere, and so gifted, as his! and who will not join in the language of "Wordsworth? — " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. England hath need of thee. She is a fen Of stagnant waters. We are selfish men. Thy soul was like a star; and dwelt apart; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 页
...sincere, and so gifted, as his ! and who will not join in the language of Wordsworth 1 — " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. England hath need of thee. She is a fen Of stagnant waters. We are selfish men. Thy soul was like a star ; and dwelt apart ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 750 页
...household laws. ' XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTO> ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England bath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar,...selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; • Se« Note. t See Note. And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star,... | |
 | 1859 - 748 页
...Nature, but we refrain, asking our readers to go with us through one magnificent sonnet. ' Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need...ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are sinful men; Oh raise us up! return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power! Thy soul... | |
 | 1851 - 702 页
...shattered walls, and replace the rotten frame-work which he had demolished. Restitution, .* " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need...pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 750 页
...innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. [ XIV. LONDON, 1802. MILTON! Ihou ehould'st wide embrace Ol' institutions, and the forms of things ; As they exist, nnd bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh... | |
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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 selfish... 
