...mount ; this is the stalk True power doth grow on ; and her rights are these. Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British freedom, which to the open sea Of the world's...

...grim old tyrant even with tears and kisses. What a disgraceful spectacle ! " Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...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...

...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. Great men have been among us : hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom better none : The...

...best and a sufficient advertisement of each reprint: " Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour. Return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." One should have climbed to as high a point as Wordsworth to be able to review Milton, or even to view...

...the good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. GREAT men have been among ue ; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom — better none :...

...rorem défendit flosculus umbra, Ne nimio sitiens sorbeat igne dies. Milton. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WOUDSWOBTH. The absent Rose. Why is it that on Clara's face The lily only has a place ? Is it that...

...very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still! MILTON." Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath need of thee;...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. WE ARE SEVEN. A simple child, dear brother Jim, That lightly draws its breath, And feels...

...Wordsworth dedicated to liberty and inspired by patriotism. Sonnets. London, 1802. Milton ! thou shouldst nd the dear shade she wo¿ld have clung ; 'tis vmia...And on the palace-floor a lifeless corse she lay. aa the naked heavens — majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness...

...wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are sinful men; Oh raise us up! return to us again; And give...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.' Let us now turn to another patriarch, and wander with his shade. Samuel Rogers was a poet. Not a great...

...would break the stillness, let us exclaim— ' Milton ! thou shouldst be living at this hour. • * * Oh raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners,...the sea ; Pure as the naked heavens, Majestic, free !' * This sublime and affecting production was but lately discovered among the remains of our great...