 | 1851 - 702 pages
...and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Hare forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise...apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the i Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way. In cheerful... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 pages
...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...apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the se Pure as the naked heavens — majestie, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful... | |
 | 1859 - 748 pages
...wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are sinful men; Oh raise us up! return to us again; And give...Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness;... | |
 | 1851 - 808 pages
...would break the stillness, let us exclaim— ' Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. • * * Oh raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners,...apart., Thou hadst a voice whose sound Was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, Majestic, free !' * This sublime and affecting production was but lately... | |
 | 1851 - 508 pages
...This contrast Wordsworth has finely depicted : — " Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like tlie sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." In combination with the vastest native powers it is surprising to find industry that could quell all... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 554 pages
...are selfish men. O, raise us up ! Return to us again. " Thy soul was like a star ; and dwelt apart ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." GlLFJLLAN. STRICTURES UPON DR. JOHNSON'S CRITICISM. Johnson's criticism, inserted... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall nnd bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower aze, Or cloud approaching to divert the rays, Which even in deepest winter tes ; Note. t See Note. And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 428 pages
...Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; O, raise as up ! return to us again ; And give us mauners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voiee, whose sound was like the sea : Pore as the naked heavens, majestie, free ; So didst thou travel... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men: Oh ; raise ns up, return to us again ! And give us manners, virtue,...; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst'thou travel on life's common way In cheerful... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1852 - 364 pages
...best and a sufficient advertisement of each reprint : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the Sea : Pure as the naked Heavens, majestic, free: So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful... | |
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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... 
