Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 |
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... nature means to express what is enduring , essential , and comprehensible ; the accidental or irreg- ular is ugly and unnatural . There are two Causes of Beauty , natural and customary . Natural is from Geometry , consisting in ...
... nature means to express what is enduring , essential , and comprehensible ; the accidental or irreg- ular is ugly and unnatural . There are two Causes of Beauty , natural and customary . Natural is from Geometry , consisting in ...
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... Nature still , but Nature methodiz'd ; Nature , like Liberty , is but restrain'd By the same Laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on ...
... Nature still , but Nature methodiz'd ; Nature , like Liberty , is but restrain'd By the same Laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on ...
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... nature , and Thy name is Love . The Sun of Righteousness on me Hath rose with healing in His wings ; Wither'd my nature's strength , from Thee My soul its life and succour brings ; My help is laid up all above ; Thy nature , and Thy ...
... nature , and Thy name is Love . The Sun of Righteousness on me Hath rose with healing in His wings ; Wither'd my nature's strength , from Thee My soul its life and succour brings ; My help is laid up all above ; Thy nature , and Thy ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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