...that we have stated, but also as a splendid tribute to the greatest of bards : — " MILTON ! them should'st be living at this hour : England hath need...stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, th' heroic wealth of hall and bower Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness....

...gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. • . . England is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and pen,...bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of happiness. We are selfish men : O raise us up, and come to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...

...highwaymen ! Of a spirit akin to this, is the following invocation to the hero of " Rookwood." Turpin ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ! England hath need of thee : common and fen, Hounslow and Bagshot, tavern, boozing ken, The triple tree, and stone jug's lonely...

...the following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...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...

...the following sonnet, as an example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...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...

...Listen now to a noble apostrophe : — 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England has need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar,...virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic,...

...patriot, and evince a noble sympathy with political liberty and individual greatness. XIV. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee j she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower,...

...good example of the chaste severity of Wordsworth's loftier style : SONNET. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath...virtue, freedom, 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,...

...sonnet« of Wordsworth dedicated to liberty and inspired by patriotism. Sonncti. London, 1C02. Milton ! . Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness ! Close dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens — majestic,...

...Sonnets. London, 1808. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thce ; 'm dead. [The Hebrew Bard.] » « * Softly the tuneful...divine, While fountains spring with oil and wine. ; ОЫ raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was...