Read the Junior Classics
To Milton
Grade 7
Poem
by William Wordsworth
Volume: 10 | Page: 282
Estimated reading time: 1 minute
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Reading ModeILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
afen
Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen,
Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower,
Have forfeited their ancient English dower
Of inward happiness. We are selfish men;
Oh! raise us up, return to us again;
Andgive us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
RETRIBUTION
Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart:
Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea:
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.