English Masterpieces, Volume 1P. Owen, 1957 |
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... poem of heroic dimensions , one of the subjects longest pondered over being the story of King Arthur ; and in 1641-2 he had made notes for a tragedy in the Greek man- ner upon the theme of Paradise Lost . The poem proper , now ...
... poem of heroic dimensions , one of the subjects longest pondered over being the story of King Arthur ; and in 1641-2 he had made notes for a tragedy in the Greek man- ner upon the theme of Paradise Lost . The poem proper , now ...
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... poem . Those who will not give it that title may call it , if they please , a divine poem . It will be sufficient to its per- fection if it has in it all the beauties of the highest kind of poetry ; and as for those who allege it is not ...
... poem . Those who will not give it that title may call it , if they please , a divine poem . It will be sufficient to its per- fection if it has in it all the beauties of the highest kind of poetry ; and as for those who allege it is not ...
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... poem which was designed to celebrate the original of the Roman empire , has described the birth of its great rival , the Carthaginian common- wealth , Milton , with the like art , in his poem on the fall of man has related the fall of ...
... poem which was designed to celebrate the original of the Roman empire , has described the birth of its great rival , the Carthaginian common- wealth , Milton , with the like art , in his poem on the fall of man has related the fall of ...
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MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE | 58 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER | 97 |
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