 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 pages
...is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and Dower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. — Wordsworth, LESSON XXIX.— THURSDAY. ENGLISH HISTOET — PLANTA&ENET LINE. A short, sad reign,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - Criticism - 1862 - 366 pages
...shouldat 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...hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure 03 the naked heavens— majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness... | |
 | Alexander Simpson Patterson - 1862 - 236 pages
...and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh I raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest daties on herself did lay." One Sonnet more. It is in another key, and relates to Sir Walter Scott's... | |
 | John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 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,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Though the poem has an air of voicing a collective attitude to Milton, certain phrases stand out as... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 226 pages
...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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. [APA] WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568-1639), ambassador under James I and Provost of Eton College. A court... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...beginning Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee. He continued: Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. But to be aware of Milton's activities is to realize the extent to which Wordsworth like everyone else... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Fiction - 1994 - 628 pages
...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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Written in London, September, 1802 O Friend! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as... | |
 | Masson - Poetry - 1995 - 228 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,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Why did I laugh tonight? Why did I laugh tonight? No voice will tell: No God, no... | |
 | G Venkataraman - Atmospheric thermodynamics - 1995 - 228 pages
...the great John Milton: Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee .. ... We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us...apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: ... Box 9.2 The following are some of the tributes paid to Saha on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday... | |
 | Lela Knox Shanks - Medical - 1996 - 224 pages
...annihilation via radiation. Oh! rise up, return to us again; And give us the virtue to protest this shame. Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure...godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. You never visited my town; but, oh, how you affected its people. My earliest recall... | |
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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... 
