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" 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 Book of Gems: Wordsworth to Bayly - Page 9
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The British poets of the nineteenth century, including the select works of ...

British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...heroic wealth of hnll and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. \Ve e of human tears. That shall no longer flow. What though benea n« manners, virtue.freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star and dwelt apart : Thon hadst a voice whose...
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator

Theology - 1836 - 708 pages
...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 men ; Oh ! raise us up, return tn as again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart;...
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The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism ..., Volume 5

Great Britain - 1831 - 484 pages
...even more truly than of Milton, may it be said, " His soul was as a star, and dwelt apart : He had a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free." To him succeeded Aristotle, without the everyday practical wisdom of Socrates, and without the wrapt...
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 2

William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1835 - 838 pages
...MODERN POETS OREAT REFORMERS : Hare forfeited their ancient English dower [; Of inward happiness. We arc selfish men: Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power 1 This, in faith, is most marvellous language for a Tory ! Nothing less than Republicanism, the purest...
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The Sonnets of William Wordsworth: Collected in One Volume, with a Few ...

William Wordsworth - 1838 - 510 pages
...< If inward happiness. We arc selfish men ; • Hi ! raise us ii|>, return to us again ; And «ivr us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : • Thou hailst a voice whose sound was like the no» : I'uru as the naked lieiivens, majestic, frei'. A didst...
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 10; Volume 21

Methodist Church - 1839 - 510 pages
...hall and 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,...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties ou herself did lay." Works, p. 213. But we pass on to notice Wordsworth's power of description, as...
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A sketch of the the life of the rev. John Brown, sometime minister ... in ...

Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...hall 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,...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou h ail's ia voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free , So didst...
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The poetical works of William Wordsworth, Volume 3

William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1840 - 376 pages
...altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish...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...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 7

1841 - 908 pages
...language too, is sublime and strong — worthy1 of the mind of tho Blind Minstrel. O Milton, Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose soun'l was like the sea; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's...
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 8

William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1841 - 832 pages
...lonely bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of dashing Tobygloaks. We are sneaks, not men. Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us will to take a purse and power ! Thy soul from vulgar filchers dwelt apart : * The generic name for...
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