Selected Shorter Poems and Prose WritingsRoutledge, 1988 - 265 pages Includes Comus, Lycidas, and extracts from the prose, such as the early pamphlet, Of Reformation, and the celebrated Areopagitica in defence of freedom of the press. |
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Page 189
... Paradise Lost , III , 18 : ' I sung of Chaos and eternal Night . ' double night the absence of both moonlight and star- light ; but there may be an allusion too to the sinister trinity of Chaos , Erebus ( shadow , darkness ) , and Night ...
... Paradise Lost , III , 18 : ' I sung of Chaos and eternal Night . ' double night the absence of both moonlight and star- light ; but there may be an allusion too to the sinister trinity of Chaos , Erebus ( shadow , darkness ) , and Night ...
Page 210
... Paradise Lost , IV . his oozy locks he laves cf. Comus , 860-3 and 880-2 . The streams in Paradise ' ran nectar ' in Paradise Lost , IV , 240 . unexpressive as in ' Nativity ' , 116 , inexpressible . nuptial song cf. Comus , 1003-11 ...
... Paradise Lost , IV . his oozy locks he laves cf. Comus , 860-3 and 880-2 . The streams in Paradise ' ran nectar ' in Paradise Lost , IV , 240 . unexpressive as in ' Nativity ' , 116 , inexpressible . nuptial song cf. Comus , 1003-11 ...
Page 234
... Paradise Lost , I , 392- 521 . words deceiving because pagan ; but also perhaps be- cause oracles like those at Delphi and Dodona always delivered their prophecies in a deliberately ambiguous and riddling form . shrine Apollo's temple ...
... Paradise Lost , I , 392- 521 . words deceiving because pagan ; but also perhaps be- cause oracles like those at Delphi and Dodona always delivered their prophecies in a deliberately ambiguous and riddling form . shrine Apollo's temple ...
Contents
An epitaph on the admirable dramatic poet | 27 |
Lycidas 1638 | 56 |
from Areopagitica 1644 | 85 |
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