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... Garden exemplifies Raphael's admoni- tion to Adam in response to his questions concerning astronomical theory : “ joy thou / In what he gives to thee . . . be lowlie wise : / Think onely what concernes thee and thy being ” ( VIII , 170 ...
... Garden exemplifies Raphael's admoni- tion to Adam in response to his questions concerning astronomical theory : “ joy thou / In what he gives to thee . . . be lowlie wise : / Think onely what concernes thee and thy being ” ( VIII , 170 ...
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... gardens of which the poet almost certainly was aware include Homer's garden of Alcinous in Odyssey 7.112–19 ; Dante's Earthly Paradise in Pur- gatorio 28.28-30 ; 33.109–11 and its celestial counterpart in Paradiso 30.61–63 ; the Garden ...
... gardens of which the poet almost certainly was aware include Homer's garden of Alcinous in Odyssey 7.112–19 ; Dante's Earthly Paradise in Pur- gatorio 28.28-30 ; 33.109–11 and its celestial counterpart in Paradiso 30.61–63 ; the Garden ...
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... Garden of Adonis best merits comparison with Milton's Eden . Spenser's Bower of Bliss represents , in C. S. Lewis's words , “ artifice , sterility , death , ” but the Garden of Adonis is " nature , fecundity , life . " 22 Both the Garden ...
... Garden of Adonis best merits comparison with Milton's Eden . Spenser's Bower of Bliss represents , in C. S. Lewis's words , “ artifice , sterility , death , ” but the Garden of Adonis is " nature , fecundity , life . " 22 Both the Garden ...
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