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... line 6 as representative of the joys of love supposedly unknown to royalty ( nec teneros sensus , Veneris nec praemia norunt ) ; her next appearance in lines 10-11 is that of the goddess who dyes her shafts in the bitter stream of love ...
... line 6 as representative of the joys of love supposedly unknown to royalty ( nec teneros sensus , Veneris nec praemia norunt ) ; her next appearance in lines 10-11 is that of the goddess who dyes her shafts in the bitter stream of love ...
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... lines 8-10 : tu cohibe fluctus , Neptune , nec ulla procella / audeat aspectum caeli turbare serenum ; / nam venit AUGUS- TA oceani regina futura . ( 31 ) Gratulatio Academiae Cantabrigiensis , f . P1 ' , lines 15-17 : at tu , cui ...
... lines 8-10 : tu cohibe fluctus , Neptune , nec ulla procella / audeat aspectum caeli turbare serenum ; / nam venit AUGUS- TA oceani regina futura . ( 31 ) Gratulatio Academiae Cantabrigiensis , f . P1 ' , lines 15-17 : at tu , cui ...
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... lines constitute an elegy on their mutual friend Richard West , who had in fact died on 1 June 1742 . One of the most interesting features of Gray's lines is their clever rework- ing of a Latin poem which Milton had composed on the ...
... lines constitute an elegy on their mutual friend Richard West , who had in fact died on 1 June 1742 . One of the most interesting features of Gray's lines is their clever rework- ing of a Latin poem which Milton had composed on the ...
Contents
Grays playexercise at Eton | 13 |
Grays Luna Habitabilis | 35 |
from epithalamium to epic | 51 |
Copyright | |
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