Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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... endeavor to show what reasons there are for not expecting another great epic poem , drawn from the principles of epic poetry and the human mind , and that these present an insuperable barrier to the choice of a subject , which shall ...
... endeavor to show what reasons there are for not expecting another great epic poem , drawn from the principles of epic poetry and the human mind , and that these present an insuperable barrier to the choice of a subject , which shall ...
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... endeavor to show by a brief reference to Tasso , Dante , and Milton . The subject chosen by Tasso , and the time of the action of his poem , bore the same relation to Chris- tian civilization as Homer's did to Grecian . It was the only ...
... endeavor to show by a brief reference to Tasso , Dante , and Milton . The subject chosen by Tasso , and the time of the action of his poem , bore the same relation to Chris- tian civilization as Homer's did to Grecian . It was the only ...
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... endeavor to show by a separate analysis of it . We are continually hearing the poet himself speak- ing out through ... present them all SHAKSPEARE . 47.
... endeavor to show by a separate analysis of it . We are continually hearing the poet himself speak- ing out through ... present them all SHAKSPEARE . 47.
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admiration Aristotle beauty become beneath bloom bosom Boston breast breath bright child childlike Christ Christian consciousness creations dæmon dark death Divine doth earth ence endeavor to show epic interest epic poem epic poetry eternal exhibit existence Father feel felt flower forever free agency genius gift give Hamlet hand Harfleur hast hear heart heaven heroes heroic character heroic spirit Homer hour human mind Iliad impulse influence JAMES BROWN light live look Lucan Macbeth Menelaus Milton motive Nathaniel Parker natural action never night o'er objects onward ourselves outward Paradise Lost perfect play poet poet's Polonius possessed praise present rejoice rendered rest robes seems selfishness sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's mind song soul speak stand strange stream strongly sweet tell thee thine things thou thought tion tism tongue tree uncon unconscious utter Virgil visible voice wind wonder words