 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pàgines
...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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WORDSWORTH. The absent Rose. Why is it that on Clara's face The lily only has a place ? Is it that... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pàgines
...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...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay. 1803. XV. GIIEAT Men have been among us ; hands that penn'd And tongues that uttered... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pàgines
...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...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay, XV. Gu EAT Men have been among us ; hands that penn'd And tongues that uttered wisdom,... | |
 | 1854 - 758 pàgines
...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give ui manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." " Miltone, vellem nunc quoque viveres : Te nostra, te nunc postulat Anglia : Quae, more coeoosie paludis,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 362 pàgines
...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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. XV GREAT Men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom, better none :... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 482 pàgines
...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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. XV. GREAT Men have been among us ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom, better none :... | |
 | 1836 - 698 pàgines
...inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us mii1iners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star,...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did l.-iv.' vol. ii. p. 329. His esteem for the great men of English history rises to a sublime... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1899 - 308 pàgines
...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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. France lacks GREAT men have been among us; hands that penned Great Men And tongues that uttered wisdom... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pàgines
...power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwell apart : WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS. Thou 1ml- 1 a Yoice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens,...godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties OD herself did lay. GIEAT Meu have been among us; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pàgines
...conduct.' " " Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart : Thou hads.1 a voice whose sound was like the sc»; Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst...way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lewliest duties on herself did lay." — Wordsworth. Milton, who is rightly classed among the most... | |
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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 selfish... 
