correct please..! This poem begins with plaintive William Wordsworth call John Milton that is much loved and respected English poet. He is laments the fact that Milton isn’t around anymore wishes that he still alive now. And he thinks that England in dangerous without him and England needs a guiding voice saying that it's a stagnant swamp (gross!),also, after Milton dead the English people forgotten how all the things that used to make them so glorious, including religion, military might, and literature.