...dignified solemnity with which ' Milton, you are wanted,' is paraphrased by Wordsworth into ' Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : ' It betokened a homelier want than that expressed by the great poet of his greater predecessor....

...and yet how compact the whole great effect. Listen to the following noble apostrophe. 1802. MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath...again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea ; Pure as...

...which once wan great is pass 'd away." Vol. ip 132. The following is entitled "London:" — " Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant walers : aliar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall ana bower, Have forfeited their...

...MODERN POETS OREAT REFORMERS : Hare forfeited their ancient English dower [; Of inward happiness. We arc selfish men: Oh ! raise us up, return to us again, And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power 1 This, in faith, is most marvellous language for a Tory ! Nothing less than Republicanism, the purest...

...hall and bower, 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, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea: Pure as...

...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. LONDON, 1802. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea; Pure as...

...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. LONDON, liJO'J. MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their aneient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise us up, return to us again...

...of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear old Triton hlow his wreathed horn. LONDON, 1802. M1LTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour ; England hath...sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and hower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men : Oh ! raise...

...Continent, June 21, 1655, demanding indemnification, and sent pecuniary aid to the sufferers. " Milton 1 thou should'st be living at this hour ; England hath...English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; 0 raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like...

...that we have stated, but also as a splendid tribute to the greatest of bards : — " MILTON ! them should'st be living at this hour : England hath need...stagnant waters ; altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, th' heroic wealth of hall and bower Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness....