Milton! by William Wordsworth
b"Wordsworth read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://classicpoetryaloud.podomatic.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to classic poetry.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nLondon, 1802, Sonnet CCXIII\\nby William Wordsworth\\n\\nMilton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:\\nEngland hath need of thee: she is a fen\\nOf stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,\\nFireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower,\\n\\nHave forfeited their ancient English dower\\nOf inward happiness. We are selfish men:\\nO raise us up, return to us again;\\nAnd give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.\\n\\nThy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart:\\nThou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea,\\nPure as the naked heavens, majestic, free;\\n\\nSo didst thou travel on life's common way\\nIn cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart\\nThe lowliest duties on herself did lay."