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... beauty still to gaze . ( V , 38ff ) In this invitation to the " walk by Moon " the solemn bird of night now sings a " love - labor'd song " - as in the poetry of the fallen world . The light of the moon is now beautiful in a ...
... beauty still to gaze . ( V , 38ff ) In this invitation to the " walk by Moon " the solemn bird of night now sings a " love - labor'd song " - as in the poetry of the fallen world . The light of the moon is now beautiful in a ...
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... beauty and the intellect the role of wisdom . The mystery that befuddles the intellect is the powerful “ charm ” of beauty , which the confused intellect tries to understand in terms of its own high value , wisdom . Adam makes that ...
... beauty and the intellect the role of wisdom . The mystery that befuddles the intellect is the powerful “ charm ” of beauty , which the confused intellect tries to understand in terms of its own high value , wisdom . Adam makes that ...
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... beauty nor merely ( as I have thought ) a deliberate irony - there is a place for that beauty finally . Love is the solution of the insoluble . The vision that can contain the necessity and beauty of Eve , the certain but not necessary ...
... beauty nor merely ( as I have thought ) a deliberate irony - there is a place for that beauty finally . Love is the solution of the insoluble . The vision that can contain the necessity and beauty of Eve , the certain but not necessary ...
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Abdiel accepted action Adam and Eve Adam's angels answer archetype argument beauty Beelzebub Belial burning lake C. S. Lewis commentary complete concept conflict consciousness context created creation creature critical Death demonstration dignity discipline dramatic earth echo elevation epic epic simile Eve's evil expression external F. R. Leavis fall fallen feelings final flesh followers formal freedom Garden God's harmony heaven hell human Idea illusion imitation immediate individual intellect internal irony kind knowledge leader man's material matter meaning ment metaphor Milton Milton's style mind moral myth nature Pandemonium Paradise Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pattern of sound perhaps perspective physical Plotinus poem poet poetry problem pure Raphael reason rebels relationship responsibility rhythm ridicule Satan Satan and Adam seems self-knowledge self-love sense sensuous soul speech spirit symbolic T. S. Eliot thee things thir thou tion true upward violation vision whole words