Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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... rendered the time that Homer had chosen for his subject , though not materially differing in charac- ter ... render it the Achilles of the Romans . Lucan , while his characters exhibit the true 2 EPIC POETRY .
... rendered the time that Homer had chosen for his subject , though not materially differing in charac- ter ... render it the Achilles of the Romans . Lucan , while his characters exhibit the true 2 EPIC POETRY .
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... rendered the difficulty far more formidable since his time . If we consider Tasso as having chosen a subject exhibiting the first development of the Christian heroic character , the poem of Dante will exhibit to us the second . Though ...
... rendered the difficulty far more formidable since his time . If we consider Tasso as having chosen a subject exhibiting the first development of the Christian heroic character , the poem of Dante will exhibit to us the second . Though ...
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... rendered a fit medium of those spiritual conflicts we are listening to in the breasts of others ; else , some of the sounds which would otherwise come clear and distinct will fall faint and unmeaning , and others will be entirely lost ...
... rendered a fit medium of those spiritual conflicts we are listening to in the breasts of others ; else , some of the sounds which would otherwise come clear and distinct will fall faint and unmeaning , and others will be entirely lost ...
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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