 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, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself...  Papers on literature and art - Page 35by Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...apart: Thou badst a voice, whose sound was like the sea J Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ; Bo didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. B FA* above all the poets of his own age, and, in learning, invention, and sublimity, without an equal... | |
 | John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 pages
...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, virtue, freedom,...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... | |
 | John Halperin - 1975 - 352 pages
...in the concluding lines he brings us this compendious example of manners, virtue, freedom and power: So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. The heart that goes life's common way in cheerful godliness laying its duties on herself is, in its... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 pages
...Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...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 - 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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart. (1. 8—9) 42 EP; TrGrPo The Rigs o' Barley 46 The time flew by,...Till, 'tween the late and early, Wi' sma' persuasion (1. 12-14) AWP; EnRP; FaBoPV; FaBV; FaPoR; FF; GTBS; GTBS-P; HAP; HelP; InvP; LiTB; NAEL-2; NIP; NoP;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 pages
...Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...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 - 1995 - 228 pages
...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, virtue, freedom,...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... | |
 | Lela Knox Shanks - 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... | |
 | Clara Calvo, Jean Jacques Weber - 1998 - 166 pages
...which the poet calls on the spirit of Milton to lead England to a moral regeneration. London, 1802 And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. What values does Wordsworth associate with Milton in this poem? Does Wordsworth defend the same values... | |
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