Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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... mission was to go forth and make a material impression on the material world . The soul of Homer was the mirror of this outward world , and in his verse we have it shown to us with the distinctness and reality 8 EPIC POETRY .
... mission was to go forth and make a material impression on the material world . The soul of Homer was the mirror of this outward world , and in his verse we have it shown to us with the distinctness and reality 8 EPIC POETRY .
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... shown that nature herself had conformed in her noblest work . The true poet will look without for no rules drawn from others ; he feels within himself the living standard of the great and beau- tiful , and bows to that alone : as far as ...
... shown that nature herself had conformed in her noblest work . The true poet will look without for no rules drawn from others ; he feels within himself the living standard of the great and beau- tiful , and bows to that alone : as far as ...
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... shown in visible action . The Christian Knights might well exclaim , when they first saw gunpowder used in war , as Plutarch tells us the king of Sparta did , when he saw a machine for the casting of stones and darts , that it was " the ...
... shown in visible action . The Christian Knights might well exclaim , when they first saw gunpowder used in war , as Plutarch tells us the king of Sparta did , when he saw a machine for the casting of stones and darts , that it was " the ...
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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