Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 - American Poetry (Collections) |
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... o'er - run , And the Monks finish'd what the Goths begun . At length Erasmus , that great injur❜d name , ( The glory of the Priesthood , and the shame ! ) Stemm'd the wild torrent of a barb'rous age , And drove those holy Vandals off ...
... o'er - run , And the Monks finish'd what the Goths begun . At length Erasmus , that great injur❜d name , ( The glory of the Priesthood , and the shame ! ) Stemm'd the wild torrent of a barb'rous age , And drove those holy Vandals off ...
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... o'er all the realm ; Ev'n Palinurus nodded at the Helm : The Vapour mild o'er each Committee crept ; Unfinish'd Treaties in each Office slept ; And Chiefless Armies doz'd out the Campaign ; And Navies yawn'd for Orders on the Main . O ...
... o'er all the realm ; Ev'n Palinurus nodded at the Helm : The Vapour mild o'er each Committee crept ; Unfinish'd Treaties in each Office slept ; And Chiefless Armies doz'd out the Campaign ; And Navies yawn'd for Orders on the Main . O ...
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... O'er wits of modern days , he tow'rs sublime ! An oak , wide spreading o'er the shrubs below , That round his roots , with puny foliage , blow : A Pyramid , amidst some barren waste , That frowns o'er huts the sport of ev'ry blast : A ...
... O'er wits of modern days , he tow'rs sublime ! An oak , wide spreading o'er the shrubs below , That round his roots , with puny foliage , blow : A Pyramid , amidst some barren waste , That frowns o'er huts the sport of ev'ry blast : A ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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