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... heart and pure , Instruct me , for Thou know'st ... ( I.17-19 ) The image of " th ' upright heart and pure " would have engaged an immediate and deep response in his seventeenth - century reader . The roots of the image go back ...
... heart and pure , Instruct me , for Thou know'st ... ( I.17-19 ) The image of " th ' upright heart and pure " would have engaged an immediate and deep response in his seventeenth - century reader . The roots of the image go back ...
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... Heart at last . ( Psalm 7 : 39-42 ) But variations of the phrase recur throughout the Psalms : in one , " The upright shall dwell in thy presence ” ( 140 : 13 ) ; in another , " the upright in heart " are persecuted by the wicked ( 11 ...
... Heart at last . ( Psalm 7 : 39-42 ) But variations of the phrase recur throughout the Psalms : in one , " The upright shall dwell in thy presence ” ( 140 : 13 ) ; in another , " the upright in heart " are persecuted by the wicked ( 11 ...
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... heart set upon Heaven.37 Both this pervasive seventeenth - century theme and the biblical texts that nurtured it make us aware of a deeper meaning in Milton's prayer to one who prefers " th ' upright heart and pure " ; for we recognize ...
... heart set upon Heaven.37 Both this pervasive seventeenth - century theme and the biblical texts that nurtured it make us aware of a deeper meaning in Milton's prayer to one who prefers " th ' upright heart and pure " ; for we recognize ...
Contents
The Pattern of Invocation in Miltons Poetry | 11 |
Paradise Lost | 45 |
Voice and Crisis | 63 |
Copyright | |
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