The Classical Mythology of Milton's English Poems, Band 8Henry Holt, 1900 - 111 Seiten |
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... idea may have been suggested to Milton by some writer of the Renaissance , or more likely by one of the Fathers . Cf. P. L. 2. 1017-1020 ; 4. 713-719 . 2 In Samson Agonistes , the nature of the subject and the form in which it was cast ...
... idea may have been suggested to Milton by some writer of the Renaissance , or more likely by one of the Fathers . Cf. P. L. 2. 1017-1020 ; 4. 713-719 . 2 In Samson Agonistes , the nature of the subject and the form in which it was cast ...
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... idea of Chaos , as either a place or a divin- ity , or merely an unordered condition of things , has been elaborated under Milton's treatment , and sepa- rated into two distinct meanings in the cosmography of Paradise Lost . On the one ...
... idea of Chaos , as either a place or a divin- ity , or merely an unordered condition of things , has been elaborated under Milton's treatment , and sepa- rated into two distinct meanings in the cosmography of Paradise Lost . On the one ...
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... idea which is more commonly associated with the sun , or moon , or night . ' The mythological element is slightly increased in the following passage of Paradise Regained : Thus passed the night so foul , till Morning fair Came forth ...
... idea which is more commonly associated with the sun , or moon , or night . ' The mythological element is slightly increased in the following passage of Paradise Regained : Thus passed the night so foul , till Morning fair Came forth ...
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... idea fades , and in its place shines the brightness of the sun itself , like a flaming jewel in the forehead of the morning . Still more pronounced is the mythological character of the following lines : First in his east the glorious ...
... idea fades , and in its place shines the brightness of the sun itself , like a flaming jewel in the forehead of the morning . Still more pronounced is the mythological character of the following lines : First in his east the glorious ...
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... idea of Dawn's opening the gates is from Ovid ; the action of the Hours is from Homer ; the cave of Light and Darkness is Hesiod's house of Day and Night ; the final rout of Night before the beams of the sun is a common conception in ...
... idea of Dawn's opening the gates is from Ovid ; the action of the Hours is from Homer ; the cave of Light and Darkness is Hesiod's house of Day and Night ; the final rout of Night before the beams of the sun is a common conception in ...
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Seite lii - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Seite 57 - Muse ! that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos.
Seite lxi - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Seite lxviii - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Seite xv - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Seite xxv - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Seite lxxxii - For neither were ye playing on the steep Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me! I fondly dream "Had ye been there," — for what could that have done?
Seite lvi - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out 140 With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Seite lix - Hence, vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without father bred! How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys!
Seite xxxix - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream : And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.