Poetical Works, Volume 2Macmillan, 1893 |
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... wonder at the appearance now presented by the poem . To say merely that it is a most learned poem , the poem of a mind full of miscellaneous lore wherewith its grand imagination might work , —is not enough . Original as it is , original ...
... wonder at the appearance now presented by the poem . To say merely that it is a most learned poem , the poem of a mind full of miscellaneous lore wherewith its grand imagination might work , —is not enough . Original as it is , original ...
Page 32
... wonder . The time for the creation of this new race of beings has now arrived . Scarcely have the Rebel Angels been enclosed in Hell , and Chaos has recovered from the turmoil of the descent of such a rout through its depths , when the ...
... wonder . The time for the creation of this new race of beings has now arrived . Scarcely have the Rebel Angels been enclosed in Hell , and Chaos has recovered from the turmoil of the descent of such a rout through its depths , when the ...
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... wonder that the poem should have so impressed the world . Little wonder that it should now be Milton's Satan , and Milton's narrative of the Creation in its various transcendental con- nections , that are in possession of the British ...
... wonder that the poem should have so impressed the world . Little wonder that it should now be Milton's Satan , and Milton's narrative of the Creation in its various transcendental con- nections , that are in possession of the British ...
Page 50
... wonder not so much at the poem itself , though worthy of all wonder , " says Bentley in the preface to his edition of the poem , " as that the author could so ab- stract his thoughts from his own troubles as to be able to make it , that ...
... wonder not so much at the poem itself , though worthy of all wonder , " says Bentley in the preface to his edition of the poem , " as that the author could so ab- stract his thoughts from his own troubles as to be able to make it , that ...
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... wonder , fallen such a pernicious highth ! " 280 He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield , Ethereal temper , massy , large , and round , Behind him cast . The broad circumference ...
... wonder , fallen such a pernicious highth ! " 280 He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield , Ethereal temper , massy , large , and round , Behind him cast . The broad circumference ...
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