 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 9edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 430 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...give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul teas like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 416 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...give us manners, virtue, freedom, power ! Thy soul ivas like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 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...power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadft a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst... | |
 | American periodicals - 1926 - 750 pages
...literary question cannot be understood. What Wordsworth wrote of another was true of himself: — Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice...the sea. Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. The vision and faculty divine of his earlier genius, differing almost inexplicably from anything there... | |
 | 1845 - 596 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...majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, To cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." SONNET. THE COVENANTERS.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 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...apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the в Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 586 pages
...SBOULDST BE LIVING AT TBIS BOOR. RETURN TO US A9AIN, AND GIVE US MANNERS, VIRTUE, FREEDOM, POWER. TUT SOUL WAS LIKE A STAR, AND DWELT APART : THOU HADST A VOICE,...HEAVENS, MAJESTIC, FREE ; SO DIDST THOU TRAVEL ON LIFK's COMMON WAY, IN CHEERFUL GODLINESS, AND VET THY HEART THE LOWLIEST DUTIES ON HERSELF DID LAY.... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...AT THIS HOUR. RETURN TO US AGAIN, AMI SITE US MANNERS, VIRTUE, FREEDOM, POWER. THT SOUL WAS I. IKK A STAR, AND DWELT APART THOU HADST A VOICE, WHOSE...NAKED HEAVENS, MAJESTIC, FREE ; SO DIDST THOU TRAVEL OH Lira's COMMON WAT, IN CHEERFUL GODLINESS, AND VET THY HEART THE LOWLIEST DUTIES ON HERSELF DID LAY.... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...like n star — and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a raice. — whose sound was like the Jira. Pure — ая the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel...way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet— thy heart The lauliest duties— o» herself did lay. Proverbs. 1. As you sow, you shall кор. 2. ßetray no trust,... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1829 - 472 pages
...Channing most resembled— he whow soul is like a star and dwells apart, , i , ->• .: .,. Who had a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heaven! , • But most of all, and first of all, do I honour Dr. Channing, far dethroning from the... | |
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