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... , p . 172 , App . xxxii . on passages in the Paradise Lost , taken from the Setti giorni of Tasso . See Black's Life of Tasso , vol . ii . P. 469 . Latin poems of Milton , though they have not quite ADVERTISEMENT . xi.
... , p . 172 , App . xxxii . on passages in the Paradise Lost , taken from the Setti giorni of Tasso . See Black's Life of Tasso , vol . ii . P. 469 . Latin poems of Milton , though they have not quite ADVERTISEMENT . xi.
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... passages with the living spirit of Milton's poetry , were an act of presumption in the aged critic ; yet , I must confess , there is something less of arrogance in the manner in which they are pro- posed , than might have been expected ...
... passages with the living spirit of Milton's poetry , were an act of presumption in the aged critic ; yet , I must confess , there is something less of arrogance in the manner in which they are pro- posed , than might have been expected ...
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... passage . The conjectures which , in his own printed edition , I find waiting in the margin , and eager for admit- tance into the verse ; in his MS . copy are attended with a numerous train , as little plausible or satis- factory as ...
... passage . The conjectures which , in his own printed edition , I find waiting in the margin , and eager for admit- tance into the verse ; in his MS . copy are attended with a numerous train , as little plausible or satis- factory as ...
Page xiv
... the absurdity of • See Note on P. L. i . 197. Knowing by the passages , that our poet blind , and then poor and friendless , had fre- quently foul play . ' Bentley's system , the flatness of his prosaic al- terations XIV ADVERTISEMENT .
... the absurdity of • See Note on P. L. i . 197. Knowing by the passages , that our poet blind , and then poor and friendless , had fre- quently foul play . ' Bentley's system , the flatness of his prosaic al- terations XIV ADVERTISEMENT .
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... passage of Sin and Death following Satan , amounting to ten entire lines , and then says , ' Perhaps I shall have some votes to accom- pany mine , that this too is an interpolation . ' As he approached the last pages of his work , and ...
... passage of Sin and Death following Satan , amounting to ten entire lines , and then says , ' Perhaps I shall have some votes to accom- pany mine , that this too is an interpolation . ' As he approached the last pages of his work , and ...
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Page 82 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 139 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Page 2 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Page 83 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 116 - So farewell hope ; and with hope, farewell fear ; Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil be thou my good : by thee, at least, Divided empire with heaven's King I hold : By thee, and more than half, perhaps, will reign, As man, ere long, and this new world, shall know.
Page 26 - Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights...
Page 43 - To be no more : sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity., To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 132 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair Creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes : but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces, he Whose image thou art: him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be call'd Mother of human race.
Page 94 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels with a shout," •** Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy ; heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas fill'd The eternal regions.
Page 138 - Fair consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines Our eyelids...