Essays and PoemsArno Press, 1972 - 175 pages |
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... true distance in time was chosen by each , but the character of Eneas did not possess those great attributes which could render it the Achilles of the Romans . Lucan , while his characters exhibit the true 2 EPIC POETRY .
... true distance in time was chosen by each , but the character of Eneas did not possess those great attributes which could render it the Achilles of the Romans . Lucan , while his characters exhibit the true 2 EPIC POETRY .
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... true epic must be formed . They are not the arbitrary decis- ions of a critic , but the voice of nature herself speaking through her interpreter . Aristotle studied nature in Homer ; he gave no arbitrary rules , he did but trace the ...
... true epic must be formed . They are not the arbitrary decis- ions of a critic , but the voice of nature herself speaking through her interpreter . Aristotle studied nature in Homer ; he gave no arbitrary rules , he did but trace the ...
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... true exercise of his own will is only in listening to that voice which is ever walking in the garden , but of which he is afraid and hides himself . In the words of him who came not to do his own will , as we humble ourselves and become ...
... true exercise of his own will is only in listening to that voice which is ever walking in the garden , but of which he is afraid and hides himself . In the words of him who came not to do his own will , as we humble ourselves and become ...
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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