| James Robert Boyd - Criticism - 1862 - 366 pages
...and bower, 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,...hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea , Pure 03 the naked heavens— majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...never for thee prayed, still last to come where thou art wanted most ! F< 1 26 LONDON MDCCCIl MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...thy heart the lowliest duties on herself did lay. W. WORDSWORTH 127 SEPTEMBER 1815 WHILE not a leaf seems faded; while the fields, with ripening harvest... | |
| John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 pages
...famous tribute to Milton in English poetry is Wordsworth's resonant sonnet written in 1802: Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath...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... | |
| William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 226 pages
...and bower, 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,...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 - English literature - 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... | |
| William Wordsworth - Fiction - 1994 - 628 pages
...and bower, 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,...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 - Poetry - 1995 - 228 pages
...gone; our peace, our faithful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Milton Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:...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... | |
| G Venkataraman - Atmospheric thermodynamics - 1995 - 228 pages
...Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee .. ... We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners,...apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: ... Box 9.2 The following are some of the tributes paid to Saha on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday... | |
| Lela Knox Shanks - Medical - 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 - Literary Criticism - 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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