John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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Page 279
... thou dost well , in passion not . " The Angel concludes his warning with lines in which Milton adapts the Neoplatonic scale of love , rising from pro- fane to sacred , a conception used by many Renaissance poets from Dante to Spenser ...
... thou dost well , in passion not . " The Angel concludes his warning with lines in which Milton adapts the Neoplatonic scale of love , rising from pro- fane to sacred , a conception used by many Renaissance poets from Dante to Spenser ...
Page 300
... Thou didst accept them : wilt thou enjoy the good , Then cavil the conditions ? ( X. 751-59 ) Ralph Waldo Emerson used to quote a Spanish proverb he para- phrased as : " What wilt thou have ? quoth God . Take it and pay for it . " Adam ...
... Thou didst accept them : wilt thou enjoy the good , Then cavil the conditions ? ( X. 751-59 ) Ralph Waldo Emerson used to quote a Spanish proverb he para- phrased as : " What wilt thou have ? quoth God . Take it and pay for it . " Adam ...
Page 362
... thou Serpent , " so Samson turns upon Dalilah , “ Out , out , Hyena ! ” Step by step , Dalilah attempts his defences ( 766-820 ) as Satan step by step had tempted Eve's . Her weakness was only the frailty com- mon to all women : she was ...
... thou Serpent , " so Samson turns upon Dalilah , “ Out , out , Hyena ! ” Step by step , Dalilah attempts his defences ( 766-820 ) as Satan step by step had tempted Eve's . Her weakness was only the frailty com- mon to all women : she was ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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