 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...  English Poetry (1170-1892) - Page 326by John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 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...the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1807 - 358 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...the sea; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In chearful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 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...the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 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...the sea Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 362 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...the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 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...the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Sonnets, English - 1899 - 308 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...the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 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...sound was like the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestie, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1839 - 512 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,...the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
 | English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bowe Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise...the sea Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties... | |
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