| Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875. |
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| W. Wordsworth |
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| CCXIII. The Same |
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| MILTON! thou shouldst 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 | 5 |
| 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, | 10 |
| Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free. | |
| So didst thou travel on life's common way | |
| In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart | |
| The lowliest duties on herself did lay. | |
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