...addresses him, and o5Scribes his holy seclusion and his noble services, is a household word,. Thy soul w,as like a star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice...Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thotj travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart, The lowliest duties on...

...poems? Shall we apply to their author the words that he used in respect of Milton, and say, ' Thy soul was like a. star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice...the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free ;' or shall we point out the lessons which they teach respecting the poet and his compositions ? How...

...hall and bower Have foifeited their ancient 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 a star, and d welt apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heaven, majestic,...

...not alike. A writer uses words such as like or as. For example, William Wordsworth wrote: Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart, Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea. . . . Now try making your own similes. The illustrations on either side of the paper will give you...

..."Sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warbles his native wood-notes wild." Wordsworth says of Milton : " Thou had'st a voice, whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free." Tennyson addresses Milton thus : "O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies, O skill'd to sing of Time...

...London, 1802 40 Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: (1. 1-2) 41 ' P ЬrH T ! xL S ث <} _ ,B 8 hEܴ5: &l M *z dwelt apart. (1. 8—9) 42 So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet...

...altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish...again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. It was the cry of the Romantie conservative. 74 It is crucial to observe that whatever the standing...

...Leavis dismissed them as being, they hardly succeed in creating a real sense of Milton himself: Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart ; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea This lofty apartness is what really stirs the poet of solitude, not the prospect of national consensus....

...the great John Milton: Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee .. ... We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us...apart; Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: ... Box 9.2 The following are some of the tributes paid to Saha on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday...

...revolutionary epic poet: Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee . . . We are selfish men: Oh Raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power If I have commented on these novels briefly it is with a view to underlining the shift of perspective...