Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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Page 26
... reason , he gave him freedom to choose ; for reason is but choosing . He had been else a mere artificial Adam , such an Adam as he is in the motions . We ourselves esteem not of that obedience or love or gift which is of force . 26 EPIC ...
... reason , he gave him freedom to choose ; for reason is but choosing . He had been else a mere artificial Adam , such an Adam as he is in the motions . We ourselves esteem not of that obedience or love or gift which is of force . 26 EPIC ...
Page 61
... reason for their being as they actually appear to be facts , real events ; which you could no more alter or improve , than you can the branch of a tree , or the visible realities themselves . Such being the foundations on which his ...
... reason for their being as they actually appear to be facts , real events ; which you could no more alter or improve , than you can the branch of a tree , or the visible realities themselves . Such being the foundations on which his ...
Page 87
... reason ! How infinite in faculties , in form and moving , how express and admirable ! in action , how like an angel ! in apprehension , how like a god ! " is followed fast upon by the sad confession , " Yet man delights me not , nor ...
... reason ! How infinite in faculties , in form and moving , how express and admirable ! in action , how like an angel ! in apprehension , how like a god ! " is followed fast upon by the sad confession , " Yet man delights me not , nor ...
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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