The Noble Voice: A Study of Ten Great Poems, Volume 3Donated by Sydney Harris. |
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Page 87
... Homer's secret , whereby he kept a right relation between near and far , between the part and the whole , between ... Homer and Shakespeare seem to find their men already made , but not so Virgil , who must move slowly because he has all ...
... Homer's secret , whereby he kept a right relation between near and far , between the part and the whole , between ... Homer and Shakespeare seem to find their men already made , but not so Virgil , who must move slowly because he has all ...
Page 88
... Homer . For Homer then as now was greatest . With his help , and in his name , Virgil could reënforce his purpose : thread his theme with strength and wash it over with importance . If Homer's presence in the shad- ows only brings out ...
... Homer . For Homer then as now was greatest . With his help , and in his name , Virgil could reënforce his purpose : thread his theme with strength and wash it over with importance . If Homer's presence in the shad- ows only brings out ...
Page 91
... Homer , hang there with little weight ; the threatened men are in truth not very interesting while they live ... Homer tells us how things will turn out our interest neither dies nor becomes academic , for men and things in him are ...
... Homer , hang there with little weight ; the threatened men are in truth not very interesting while they live ... Homer tells us how things will turn out our interest neither dies nor becomes academic , for men and things in him are ...
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Achilles Aeneas answer Athene beautiful becomes beginning believe better body Byron Chaucer comedy comes course Dante Dante's dark death deep desire Divine doubt earth eyes fact fall father fear feel give given gods grows hand head hear heart heaven Hector Hell hero Homer human Iliad important keep land leaves less light live look lost Lucretius matter mean Milton mind move nature never night Odysseus once Paradise peace persons poem poet poetry reader reason seems seen sense side soul speak Spenser spirit stand story style sure sweet tell thee things thou thought told tragedy Troilus true truth turn understand universe Virgil whole wind Wordsworth Zeus