Voice and Crisis: Invocation in Milton's Poetry |
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... Lord , and he heard me . ( Psalm 120 ) For Western man , the Old Testament Psalms are among the most enduring forms of this experience . Characteristically opening with an invocation , these songs may then praise or confess , lament or ...
... Lord , and he heard me . ( Psalm 120 ) For Western man , the Old Testament Psalms are among the most enduring forms of this experience . Characteristically opening with an invocation , these songs may then praise or confess , lament or ...
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... Lord's " secret Altar " that the hallowed fire emerges . In Paradise Lost , it is from " the secret top " of Sinai that the Muse inspires . In both instances Milton remembers the radical Latin sense of secretus as " set apart , " and ...
... Lord's " secret Altar " that the hallowed fire emerges . In Paradise Lost , it is from " the secret top " of Sinai that the Muse inspires . In both instances Milton remembers the radical Latin sense of secretus as " set apart , " and ...
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... ( Lord ) to know and understand what I ought first to doe , whether call upon thee , or praise thee ? and which ought ... Lord that seeke after him : For , They that seeke , shall finde ; and finding , they shall praise him . Thee will I ...
... ( Lord ) to know and understand what I ought first to doe , whether call upon thee , or praise thee ? and which ought ... Lord that seeke after him : For , They that seeke , shall finde ; and finding , they shall praise him . Thee will I ...
Contents
The Pattern of Invocation in Miltons Poetry | 11 |
Paradise Lost | 45 |
Voice and Crisis | 63 |
Copyright | |
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