...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...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." I will now read to you one or two passages in which Wordsworth shows the power of this life of contemplation....

...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,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. xv. GKEAT men have been among us; hands that penned And tongues that uttered wisdom, — better none...

...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...

...gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night. GRAY. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WORDSWORTH. FAH above all the poets of his own age, and, in learning, invention, ana sublimity, without...

...is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and Dower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward...common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart "he lowliest duties on itself did lay. XV. The later Sydney, Marvel, Harrington, Young Vane and others...

...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,...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. W. Wordsworth When I have borne in memory what has tamed Great nations ; how ennobling thoughts depart...

...Greatness I thou art but a flattering dream, A watery bubble, lighter than the air. TEAUT. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart; Thou hadst a voice...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay. WORDSWORTH. He who ascends to mountain tops shall find Their loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and...

...and bower Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. Oh I raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners,...Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. So didst tliuii' ir:ivcl on Life's common way Tn cheerful godliness — and yet thy heart The lowliest duties...

...And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Thou hast a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the...; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself didst lay. WORDSWORTH. I TRAVBLL'D among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea ; Nor, England ! did...

...altar, sword, and pen, * Andrew Marvell, in WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR'S Imaginary Conversations. MEMOIR. 11 Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have...thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay." Before bringing this Memoir to a conclusion, it will be necessary to consider the theology of Milton,...