 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...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 selfish men ; Oh 1 raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 564 pages
...POWER. THY SOUL WAS LIKE A STAR, AND DWELT APART : THOU HADST A VOICE, WHOSE SOUND WAS LIKE THE SKA : 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 OR HERSELF DID LAY.... | |
 | 1829 - 474 pages
...Channing most resembled— he whow soul is like a star and dwells apart, , i , ->• .: .,. Who had a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heaven! , • But most of all, and first of all, do I honour Dr. Channing, far dethroning from the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...is a fen Of stagnant waters ; altars, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward...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... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1846 - 382 pages
...a sufficient advertisement of each reprint : ' Milton ! 1 1 ii in shouldst be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou ] 1 1 1 1 1 .1 a voice whose sound was like the Sea : Pure as the naked Heavens, majestic, free : So... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1846 - 380 pages
...and a sufficient advertisement of each reprint : " Milton ! tliou shouldst be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy aoul was like a Star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the Sea : Pure as the... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 382 pages
...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...as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou trav 1 on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 568 pages
...DISPUTE HIS STRENGTH AND GRANDEUR ? SIR EOERTOJf BRTDOES. MILTON ! THOU SBOULDST BE LIVING AT THIS BOOR. RETURN TO US AGAIN, AND GIVE US MANNERS, VIRTUE, FREEDOM,...A STAR, AND DWELT APART THOU HADST A VOICE, WHOSE SOOND WAS LIKE THE SEA : PURE AS THE NAKED HEAVENS, MAJESTIC, FREE; SO DIDST THOU TRAVEL ON LIFE'S... | |
 | 1848 - 602 pages
...thee. She is a (en Of stagnant waters. We are selfish men. Thy soul was like a star ; and dwelt apart; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common war, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." From the Dublin... | |
 | 1849 - 770 pages
...Thy soul \vas like a star, and dwelt apart; 'I hou hadst a voice whose suuu;l was like the sea; I'ure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst thou travel on life's common Vay." We hear the roar of the sea ; the voice, in English literature, is as that of Niagara among waters.... | |
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MILTON ! thou 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 and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are... 
