Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 |
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... Bear , Or any thing , but that vain Animal , Who is so proud of being Rational . The Senses are too gross ; and he'll contrive A Sixth , to contradict the other Five : And before certain Instinct , will prefer Reason , which Fifty times ...
... Bear , Or any thing , but that vain Animal , Who is so proud of being Rational . The Senses are too gross ; and he'll contrive A Sixth , to contradict the other Five : And before certain Instinct , will prefer Reason , which Fifty times ...
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... bears A Sprig of Bays in Fifty Years : While ev'ry Fool his Claim alledges , As if it grew in common Hedges . What Reason can there be assign'd For this Perverseness in the Mind ? Brutes find out where their Talents lie : A Bear will ...
... bears A Sprig of Bays in Fifty Years : While ev'ry Fool his Claim alledges , As if it grew in common Hedges . What Reason can there be assign'd For this Perverseness in the Mind ? Brutes find out where their Talents lie : A Bear will ...
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... bear - like growl . In vain , the critics aim their toothless rage ! Mere sprats , that venture war with whales to wage : Unmov'd he stands , and feels their force , no more Than some huge rock amidst the waƄry roar , That calmly bears ...
... bear - like growl . In vain , the critics aim their toothless rage ! Mere sprats , that venture war with whales to wage : Unmov'd he stands , and feels their force , no more Than some huge rock amidst the waƄry roar , That calmly bears ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
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