POETRY.] PARADISE LOST. BOOK IV. 73 Might have ensued, nor only Paradise Battles and realms: In these he put two weights, The latter quick up flew, and kicked the beam; Which Gabriel spying, thus bespake the Fiend : GABRIEL. 79820 795 800 "Satan, I know thy strength, and thou know'st mine: Neither our own, but given: For proof look up, And read thy lot in yon celestial sign; 806 Where thou art weighed, and shown how light, how weak, EXAMINATION ON BOOK IV. 810 1. What various passions does Milton represent as agitating Satan in his address to the sun? 2. Give an example of hyperbole in this book, and explain the figure. 3. What descriptions remarkable for their beauty are found in the fourth book? 4. What is meant by Sabæan? 5. What is the general character of the poetry in this book? 6. Who built Seleucia? and where was it formerly situated? 7. Where is Eden supposed to have been situated? 8. Give some examples of forcible epithets from this book. 9. In what sense are the words "irriguous," "hyacinthine," "amiable," "prone," and "grisly," used? 10. Explain the classical allusions to Pan, the Hours, and the Graces. 11. Which is the most forcibly drawn character in the poem ? 12. Explain the allusion to the Gordian knot, line 292. 13. Who was Astrea? 14. Quote some of the most striking passages in this book. 1 A mythological personage, daughter of Zeus (Jupiter) and Themis (Justice). She lived on earth during E the golden age, but afterwards was placed among the constellations of the Zodiac under the name of Virgo. DRAMATIC POETRY. WILLIAM SHAKSPERE. THE TEMPEST. DRAMATIS PERSONE. ALONSO, King of Naples. SEBASTIAN, his Brother. PROSPERO, the rightful Duke of Milan. ANTONIO, the usurping Duke of Milan, Brother to Prospero. FERDINAND, Son to the King of Naples. GONZALO, an honest old Counsellor of Naples. ADRIAN, } Lords. FRANCISCO, CALIBAN, a savage and deformed Slave. TRINCULO, a Jester. STEPHANO, a drunken Butler. Master of a Ship, Boatswain, and Mariners. MIRANDA, Daughter to Prospero. ARIEL, an airy Spirit. Other Spirits attending on Prospero. SCENE, the Sea, with a Ship; afterwards an island. ACT I. SCENE I. On a Ship at Sea.-A Storm, with Enter a Shipmaster and a Boatswain. Master. Boatswain, Boats. Here, master: What cheer? Mast. Good: speak to the mariners: fall to't yarely, or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir. Enter Mariners. [Exit. Boats. Heigh, my hearts; cheerly, cheerly, my hearts; yare, yare: take in the topsail: tend to the master's whistle. 1 Quickly, nimbly. Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, GONZALO, and others. Alon. Good boatswain, have a care. Where's the master? Play the men. Boats. I pray now, keep below. Ant. Where is the master, boson? Boats. Do you not hear him? You mar our labour; keep your cabins: you do assist the storm. Gon. Nay, good, be patient. Boats. When the sea is. roarers for the name of king? To cabin: silence; trouble us not. Gon. Good; yet remember whom thou hast aboard. Boats. None that I more love than myself. You are a counsellor; if you can command these elements to silence, and work the peace of the present1, we will not hand a rope more; use your authority. If you cannot,- Out of our way, I say. [Exit. Gon. I have great comfort from this fellow methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect gallows. If he be not born to be hanged, our case is miserable. [Exeunt. Re-enter Boatswain. Boats. Down with the topmast: yare; lower, lower; bring her to try with main-course. [A cry within.] A plague upon this howling! Enter Mariners, wet. Mar. All lost! to prayers, to prayers! all lost Boats. What, must our mouths be cold? [Exeunt. Gon. The king and prince at prayers! let us assist them, For our case is as theirs. Seb. I am out of patience. Ant. We are merely 2 cheated of our lives by drunkards.This wide-chapped rascal; Would thou might'st lie drowning, The washing of ten tides! 1 Make the storm cease at the present (moment). 2 Positively. Gon. He'll be hanged yet; Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at wid'st to glut him.1 [A confused noise within.] Mercy on us! We split, we split!-Farewell, my wife and children! Farewell brother! We split, we split, we split! Ant. Let us all sink with the king. [Exit. Exit. Gon. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground; long heath, brown furze, anything : The wills above be done! but I would fain die a dry death. [Exit. SCENE II.-The Island: before the Cell of Prospero. Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA. Miran. If, by your art, my dearest father, you have Against my very heart! Poor souls! they perished. Have sunk the sea within the earth, or e'er It should the good ship so have swallowed, and Pros. Be collected; No more amazement; tell your piteous heart Miran. O, woe the day! No harm. I have done nothing but in care of thee, (Of thee, my dear one! thee, my daughter!) who 1 To swallow him up. 3 Making the freight. Miran. More to know 'Tis time Did never meddle with my thoughts. Pros. I should inform thee further. Lend thy hand, - So; [Lays down his Mantle. Lie there my art. Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort. The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touched The very virtue of compassion in thee, I have with such provision in mine art So safely ordered, that there is no soul No, not so much perdition as an hair, Betid to any creature in the vessel Which thou heard'st cry, which thou saw'st sink. Sit down: For thou must now know further. Miran. You have often Begun to tell me what I am; but stopped Pros. The hour's now come; The very minute bids thee ope thine ear; I do not think thou canst; for then thou wast not Miran. Certainly, sir, I can. Pros. By what? by any other house, or person? Of any thing the image tell me, that Hath kept with thy remembrance. Miran. "Tis far off; And rather like a dream, than an assurance That my remembrance warrants: Had I not Pros. Thou hadst, and more, Miranda: But how is it If thou remember'st aught ere thou cam'st here, How thou cam'st here thou may'st. Miran. But that I do not. Pros. Twelve years since, Miranda, twelve years since, Thy father was the duke of Milan, and A prince of power. 1 Not three years completed. |