Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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Page 21
... represents the mind essentially pagan , yet moved by Christianity , and finding , like the Greek , all its motive for action without . Our interest in the poem is consequently much less than in those which ex- hibit the later ...
... represents the mind essentially pagan , yet moved by Christianity , and finding , like the Greek , all its motive for action without . Our interest in the poem is consequently much less than in those which ex- hibit the later ...
Page 23
... represents , such as had long formed the dreams of many a monk on Vallombrosa , and perhaps entered into the sermon of every preacher in Europe . Thus , although the circumstances which gave birth to Dante's poem , were , if we may so ...
... represents , such as had long formed the dreams of many a monk on Vallombrosa , and perhaps entered into the sermon of every preacher in Europe . Thus , although the circumstances which gave birth to Dante's poem , were , if we may so ...
Page 64
... represents an aban- doned man as he actually exists , with the joys of sense and the anguish of the spirit alternately agitat- ing his troubled breast ; and the contemplation of such a character , if it does not make us as good as it ...
... represents an aban- doned man as he actually exists , with the joys of sense and the anguish of the spirit alternately agitat- ing his troubled breast ; and the contemplation of such a character , if it does not make us as good as it ...
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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