 | William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 310 pages
...need of thee ; she is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wreath of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. IT. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom better none :... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...contemplating him, has Wordsworth finely apostrophized his illustrious predecessor, Milton : — ' Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." The literary period of Dryden and those amidst whom he was preeminent was in no respect, that I can... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1857 - 306 pages
...return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power, Thy soul was like a star, and dwell apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom better none : The... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1857 - 308 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,...voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heaven, majestic, free. Yet didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1858 - 384 pages
...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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." I will now read to you one or two passages in which Wordsworth shows the power of this life of contemplation.... | |
 | WILLIAM WORDSWOTH - 1858 - 564 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...common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart GREAT MEN have been among us ; hands that penn'd And tongues that utter'd wisdom, bettor none : The... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1858 - 516 pages
...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." Who that has read " meek Walton " will not answer to the perfect truth of the following ? "WALTON'S... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 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...apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sen ; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - 1858 - 314 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,...voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as the naked heaven, majestic, free. Yet didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness ; and yet... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - 1859 - 372 pages
...should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters: a)tar T sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." I will now read to you one or two passages in which Wordsworth shows the power of this life of contemplation.... | |
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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... 
