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... light . In this sense , both lux and mihi , light and self , are prima . Lux mihi prima , one is tempted to say , sums up as in an emblem the situation of the poet in the great invocation to light in Paradise Lost , where the blind mihi ...
... light . In this sense , both lux and mihi , light and self , are prima . Lux mihi prima , one is tempted to say , sums up as in an emblem the situation of the poet in the great invocation to light in Paradise Lost , where the blind mihi ...
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... light , with its dazzling profusion of biblical , theolog- ical , and philosophical allusions : Hail holy Light , ofspring of Heav'n first - born , Or of th ' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light , And ...
... light , with its dazzling profusion of biblical , theolog- ical , and philosophical allusions : Hail holy Light , ofspring of Heav'n first - born , Or of th ' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light , And ...
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... light . 44 This light first approaches the epic poet as an otherness . For in his epic encounter with holy light , he seems at first to come upon some- thing " wholly other . " 45 Since he ends with a prayer for inwardness— " Thou Celestial ...
... light . 44 This light first approaches the epic poet as an otherness . For in his epic encounter with holy light , he seems at first to come upon some- thing " wholly other . " 45 Since he ends with a prayer for inwardness— " Thou Celestial ...
Contents
The Pattern of Invocation in Miltons Poetry | 11 |
Paradise Lost | 45 |
Voice and Crisis | 63 |
Copyright | |
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