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... sings , " the jolly hours lead on propitious May " as in a dance . Here Milton describes the bird's song as part of ... sings in the dark . Ac- cording to myth , its song arises from the terrible suffering of Philomela . After her ...
... sings , " the jolly hours lead on propitious May " as in a dance . Here Milton describes the bird's song as part of ... sings in the dark . Ac- cording to myth , its song arises from the terrible suffering of Philomela . After her ...
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... sing in the dark , " as the wakeful Bird Sings darkling " [ PL 3.38-39 ] . ) And the song itself , although no love has come , is a form of self- transcendence . " O Nightingale " does more than lament the woes of the forlorn lover ...
... sing in the dark , " as the wakeful Bird Sings darkling " [ PL 3.38-39 ] . ) And the song itself , although no love has come , is a form of self- transcendence . " O Nightingale " does more than lament the woes of the forlorn lover ...
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... sing to each other and to God in Eden and of God's heroic sonnet praising a true hero , Abdiel , in heaven . Whereas God sings heroic sonnets in heaven , and Adam and Eve sing spontaneous love sonnets in Eden , it is harder to sing of ...
... sing to each other and to God in Eden and of God's heroic sonnet praising a true hero , Abdiel , in heaven . Whereas God sings heroic sonnets in heaven , and Adam and Eve sing spontaneous love sonnets in Eden , it is harder to sing of ...
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