Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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... possessed by Homer we add those which belonged to him from the religion of his times and from tradition , whose voice is to the poet more friendly than the plain written records of history , we must confess that the spot on which he ...
... possessed by Homer we add those which belonged to him from the religion of his times and from tradition , whose voice is to the poet more friendly than the plain written records of history , we must confess that the spot on which he ...
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... possessed by Ho- mer , but not to transgress the laws of probabil- ity , he could not give his hero the character of another age , he could not make Æneas the Achilles of the Romans . Virgil as well as Lucan has been blamed by the ...
... possessed by Ho- mer , but not to transgress the laws of probabil- ity , he could not give his hero the character of another age , he could not make Æneas the Achilles of the Romans . Virgil as well as Lucan has been blamed by the ...
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... the heroic character . He would , doubtless , have possessed as well as Virgil , whom he has so closely followed , greater originality , and more strongly ex- hibited that development , had he lived nearer the age EPIC POETRY . 19.
... the heroic character . He would , doubtless , have possessed as well as Virgil , whom he has so closely followed , greater originality , and more strongly ex- hibited that development , had he lived nearer the age EPIC POETRY . 19.
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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