 MILTON ! thou shouldst 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...  The Poems of William Wordsworth ... - Page 220by William Wordsworth - 1845 - 619 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 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,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WORDSWORTH. The absent Rose. Why is it that on Clara's face The lily only has a place ? Is it that... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 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,...free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In chearful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. 140 Great Men have been... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 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,...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. 1803. XV. GIIEAT Men have been among us ; hands that penn'd And tongues that uttered... | |
 | 1854 - 758 pages
...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give ui manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." " Miltone, vellem nunc quoque viveres : Te nostra, te nunc postulat Anglia : Quae, more coeoosie paludis,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 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,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. XV GREAT Men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom, better none :... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 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,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. XV. GREAT Men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom, better none :... | |
 | 1836 - 698 pages
...inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us mii1iners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star,...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did l.-iv.' vol. ii. p. 329. His esteem for the great men of English history rises to a sublime... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again. MILTON. units 160S—DIED 1674. Thy'soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice...naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel, in life's common way In cheerful tnxlllness. WORDSWORTH JOHN MILTON, who is pre-eminently the divine... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1899 - 308 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,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. France lacks GREAT men have been among us; hands that penned Great Men And tongues that uttered wisdom... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwell apart : WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS. Thou 1ml- 1 a Yoice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens,...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties OD herself did lay. GIEAT Meu have been among us; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom,... | |
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