Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 - American Poetry (Collections) |
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... Reason , which I would obey ; That Reason , which distinguishes by Sense , And gives us Rules of Good and Ill from thence ; That bounds Desires with a reforming Will , To keep them more in Vigour , not to kill : Your Reason hinders ...
... Reason , which I would obey ; That Reason , which distinguishes by Sense , And gives us Rules of Good and Ill from thence ; That bounds Desires with a reforming Will , To keep them more in Vigour , not to kill : Your Reason hinders ...
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... Reason bids me eat ; Perversely yours , your Appetite does mock ; This asks for Food , that answers What's a Clock ? This plain distinction , Sir , your Doubt secures ; ' Tis not true Reason I despise , but yours . Thus , I think Reason ...
... Reason bids me eat ; Perversely yours , your Appetite does mock ; This asks for Food , that answers What's a Clock ? This plain distinction , Sir , your Doubt secures ; ' Tis not true Reason I despise , but yours . Thus , I think Reason ...
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... Reason's at distance , and in prospect lie : That sees immediate good by present sense ; Reason , the future and the consequence . Thicker than arguments , temptations throng , At best more watchful this , but that more strong . The ...
... Reason's at distance , and in prospect lie : That sees immediate good by present sense ; Reason , the future and the consequence . Thicker than arguments , temptations throng , At best more watchful this , but that more strong . The ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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