John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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Page 79
... Nature intends us to seize the day , to enjoy ourselves . His is the hardy perennial of a mild and popular Epicureanism , the refrain of carpe diem , or " eat , drink and be merry " familiar in so much Ren- aissance poetry . To Comus , ...
... Nature intends us to seize the day , to enjoy ourselves . His is the hardy perennial of a mild and popular Epicureanism , the refrain of carpe diem , or " eat , drink and be merry " familiar in so much Ren- aissance poetry . To Comus , ...
Page 89
... Nature as rivers , caves , mountains . Frequently we hear the names of flowers , sometimes in a passage in which they are brought to deck the bier of the dead . Like Nature , the gods come to mourn and praise the shepherd . " Came ...
... Nature as rivers , caves , mountains . Frequently we hear the names of flowers , sometimes in a passage in which they are brought to deck the bier of the dead . Like Nature , the gods come to mourn and praise the shepherd . " Came ...
Page 294
... Nature shared by various classical , Jewish , Chris- tian thinkers . Milton first expressed himself on the problem in Book IX . When Eve ate the fruit : Earth felt the wound , and Nature from her seat Sighing , through all her works ...
... Nature shared by various classical , Jewish , Chris- tian thinkers . Milton first expressed himself on the problem in Book IX . When Eve ate the fruit : Earth felt the wound , and Nature from her seat Sighing , through all her works ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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