Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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... heroic character of their age might be seen dilated to its full height , modern poets have fled beyond the bounds of time and woke the echoes of eternity . It was only from this point that the Christian world could be moved ; it is only ...
... heroic character of their age might be seen dilated to its full height , modern poets have fled beyond the bounds of time and woke the echoes of eternity . It was only from this point that the Christian world could be moved ; it is only ...
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... heroic character in action . In doing this I shall exhibit , by an analysis of the Iliad , the true model of an epic poem , its origin and peculiarities , and in what manner those peculiarities have been changed , and , at last , lost ...
... heroic character in action . In doing this I shall exhibit , by an analysis of the Iliad , the true model of an epic poem , its origin and peculiarities , and in what manner those peculiarities have been changed , and , at last , lost ...
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... heroic character of that period . The poetry of the senses , the reflection merely of nature and of heroic achievements , is not suscepti- ble of indefinite progress ; it must evidently be most perfect when the objects of visible action ...
... heroic character of that period . The poetry of the senses , the reflection merely of nature and of heroic achievements , is not suscepti- ble of indefinite progress ; it must evidently be most perfect when the objects of visible action ...
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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