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... notes , 28 the two that link Milton's Orpheus with Ovid's may have reached the English poet by various means . Virgil's account in Georgics 4.510 , for example , also includes oak trees gathering to hear the songs of Orpheus . Such ...
... notes , 28 the two that link Milton's Orpheus with Ovid's may have reached the English poet by various means . Virgil's account in Georgics 4.510 , for example , also includes oak trees gathering to hear the songs of Orpheus . Such ...
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... notes then to th'Orphean Lyre I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night , Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent , and up to reascend , Though hard and rare . ( III , 13—21 ) The similarity in structure between the ...
... notes then to th'Orphean Lyre I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night , Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent , and up to reascend , Though hard and rare . ( III , 13—21 ) The similarity in structure between the ...
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... notes by Mar- iella Cavalchini and Irene Samuel . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1973 . Tillyard , E. M. W. The English Epic and its Background . London : Chatto and Windus , 1954- Vinaver , Eugene . The Rise of Romance . Oxford : Clarendon ...
... notes by Mar- iella Cavalchini and Irene Samuel . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1973 . Tillyard , E. M. W. The English Epic and its Background . London : Chatto and Windus , 1954- Vinaver , Eugene . The Rise of Romance . Oxford : Clarendon ...
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