Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 |
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... Muse will bear , Though Epictetus with his Lamp were there . Ev'n Love ( for Love sometimes her Muse exprest ) , Was but a Lambent - flame which play'd about her Breast : Light as the Vapours of a Morning Dream , So cold herself ...
... Muse will bear , Though Epictetus with his Lamp were there . Ev'n Love ( for Love sometimes her Muse exprest ) , Was but a Lambent - flame which play'd about her Breast : Light as the Vapours of a Morning Dream , So cold herself ...
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... judgment , thence your maxims bring , And trace the Muses upward to their spring . Still with itself compar'd , his text peruse ; And let your comment be the Mantuan Muse . When first young Maro in his boundless mind A work 366 ALEXANDER ...
... judgment , thence your maxims bring , And trace the Muses upward to their spring . Still with itself compar'd , his text peruse ; And let your comment be the Mantuan Muse . When first young Maro in his boundless mind A work 366 ALEXANDER ...
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... Muse's judge and friend , Who justly knew to blame or to commend ; To failings mild , but zealous for desert ; The clearest head , and the sincerest heart . This humble praise , lamented Shade ! receive , This praise at least a grateful ...
... Muse's judge and friend , Who justly knew to blame or to commend ; To failings mild , but zealous for desert ; The clearest head , and the sincerest heart . This humble praise , lamented Shade ! receive , This praise at least a grateful ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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