John Milton: A Reader's Guide to His PoetryFarrar, Straus, 1963 - 385 pages |
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... Turn , The Counter - turn , The Stand . " Dryden's " Alexander's Feast " is in many ways the most " Pindaric " of our English odes in its exalted and stately moods and to some extent in its elaborate formal structure . Milton is not ...
... Turn , The Counter - turn , The Stand . " Dryden's " Alexander's Feast " is in many ways the most " Pindaric " of our English odes in its exalted and stately moods and to some extent in its elaborate formal structure . Milton is not ...
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... Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? I did not err , there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night . ( 11. 221-24 ) Poetically the repetition seems unnecessary and even lame ; as a clue to the mechanics the ...
... Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? I did not err , there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night . ( 11. 221-24 ) Poetically the repetition seems unnecessary and even lame ; as a clue to the mechanics the ...
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... turn to good - more wonderful Than that which by Creation first brought forth Light out of darkness ! Full of doubt ... turns to Adam's breast . In answer to the Angel's THE MAJOR POEMS 319.
... turn to good - more wonderful Than that which by Creation first brought forth Light out of darkness ! Full of doubt ... turns to Adam's breast . In answer to the Angel's THE MAJOR POEMS 319.
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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