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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,
"London, 1802" - William Wordsworth theoverall meaning of this poem is that Wordsworth is apstrophizing( real word?) to Milton to come back alive and save England because they are in ruins in relation to altar, military, literature, and their morals. Milton, who lived humbly, would serve as an example, not giving in.
Have forfeited their ancient English dower
Of inward happiness. We are selfish men;
Oh! raise us up, return to us again;
And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
"London, 1802" - William Wordsworth theoverall meaning of this poem is that Wordsworth is apstrophizing( real word?) to Milton to come back alive and save England because they are in ruins in relation to altar, military, literature, and their morals. Milton, who lived humbly, would serve as an example, not giving in.
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,
"London, 1802" - William Wordsworth theoverall meaning of this poem is that Wordsworth is apstrophizing( real word?) to Milton to come back alive and save England because they are in ruins in relation to altar, military, literature, and their morals. Milton, who lived humbly, would serve as an example, not giving in.
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,
"London, 1802" - William Wordsworth theoverall meaning of this poem is that Wordsworth is apstrophizing( real word?) to Milton to come back alive and save England because they are in ruins in relation to altar, military, literature, and their morals. Milton, who lived humbly, would serve as an example, not giving in.
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
"It is a Beauteous Evening" - William Wordsworth makes nature seem god like and he also posits that just because you don't recognize god it doesn't mean that you are looked down upon by God.
Is sinking down in its tranquillity;
The gentleness of heaven broods o’er the Sea;
Listen! the mighty Being is awake,
"It is a Beauteous Evening" - William Wordsworth makes nature seem god like and he also posits that just because you don't recognize god it doesn't mean that you are looked down upon by God.
And doth with his eternal motion make
A sound like thunder—everlastingly.
Dear Child1! dear Girl! that walkest with me here,
If thou appear untouched by solemn thought,
"It is a Beauteous Evening" - William Wordsworth makes nature seem god like and he also posits that just because you don't recognize god it doesn't mean that you are looked down upon by God.
Thy nature is not therefore less divine;
Thou liest in Abraham’s bosom2 all the year:
And worshipp’st at the Temple’s inner shrine3,
God being with thee when we know it not.
"It is a Beauteous Evening" - William Wordsworth makes nature seem god like and he also posits that just because you don't recognize god it doesn't mean that you are looked down upon by God.
My mother bore me in the southern wild,
And I am black, but oh my soul is white!
White as an angel is the English child,
But I am black, as if bereaved of light.
"The Little Black Boy" - William... Blake It's a frame poem. It's about a little black boy whose mother used to tell him that, although his life on Earth may be hard because white boys will be mean to him, when he dies and goes to heaven he will have the advantage over the white boys because he will know how to love and he w...ill be able to protect them from God's love and they will all be equal in God's eyes.
My mother taught me underneath a tree,
And, sitting down before the heat of day,
She took me on her lap and kissed me,
And, pointed to the east, began to say:
"The Little Black Boy" - William... Blake It's a frame poem. It's about a little black boy whose mother used to tell him that, although his life on Earth may be hard because white boys will be mean to him, when he dies and goes to heaven he will have the advantage over the white boys because he will know how to love and he w...ill be able to protect them from God's love and they will all be equal in God's eyes.
"Look on the rising sun: there God does live,
And gives His light, and gives His heat away,
And flowers and trees and beasts and men receive
Comfort in morning, joy in the noonday.
"The Little Black Boy" - William... Blake It's a frame poem. It's about a little black boy whose mother used to tell him that, although his life on Earth may be hard because white boys will be mean to him, when he dies and goes to heaven he will have the advantage over the white boys because he will know how to love and he w...ill be able to protect them from God's love and they will all be equal in God's eyes.
"And we are put on earth a little space,
That we may learn to bear the beams of love
And these black bodies and this sunburnt face
Is but a cloud, and like a shady grove.
"The Little Black Boy" - William... Blake It's a frame poem. It's about a little black boy whose mother used to tell him that, although his life on Earth may be hard because white boys will be mean to him, when he dies and goes to heaven he will have the advantage over the white boys because he will know how to love and he w...ill be able to protect them from God's love and they will all be equal in God's eyes.
"For when our souls have learn'd the heat to bear,
The cloud will vanish, we shall hear His voice,
Saying, 'Come out from the grove, my love and care
And round my golden tent like lambs rejoice',"
"The Little Black Boy" - William... Blake It's a frame poem. It's about a little black boy whose mother used to tell him that, although his life on Earth may be hard because white boys will be mean to him, when he dies and goes to heaven he will have the advantage over the white boys because he will know how to love and he w...ill be able to protect them from God's love and they will all be equal in God's eyes.
Thus did my mother say, and kissed me;
And thus I say to little English boy.
When I from black and he from white cloud free,
And round the tent of God like lambs we joy
"The Little Black Boy" - William... Blake It's a frame poem. It's about a little black boy whose mother used to tell him that, although his life on Earth may be hard because white boys will be mean to him, when he dies and goes to heaven he will have the advantage over the white boys because he will know how to love and he w...ill be able to protect them from God's love and they will all be equal in God's eyes.
I'll shade him from the heat till he can bear
To lean in joy upon our Father's knee;
And then I'll stand and stroke his silver hair,
And be like him, and he will then love me.
"The Little Black Boy" - William... Blake It's a frame poem. It's about a little black boy whose mother used to tell him that, although his life on Earth may be hard because white boys will be mean to him, when he dies and goes to heaven he will have the advantage over the white boys because he will know how to love and he w...ill be able to protect them from God's love and they will all be equal in God's eyes.