Poets of the English Language: Milton to GoldsmithWystan Hugh Auden, Norman Holmes Pearson Viking Press, 1950 |
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... mind is Exercise , not Rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul , Parts it may ravage , but preserves the whole . On life's vast ocean diversely we sail , Reason the card , but Passion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm ...
... mind is Exercise , not Rest : The rising tempest puts in act the soul , Parts it may ravage , but preserves the whole . On life's vast ocean diversely we sail , Reason the card , but Passion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm ...
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... Mind's disease , its RULING PASSION came ; Each vital humour which should feed the whole , Soon flows to this , in body and in soul : Whatever warms the heart , or fills the head , As the mind opens , and its functions spread ...
... Mind's disease , its RULING PASSION came ; Each vital humour which should feed the whole , Soon flows to this , in body and in soul : Whatever warms the heart , or fills the head , As the mind opens , and its functions spread ...
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... mind ? Must helpless man , in ignorance sedate , Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm , no wishes rise , No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Enquirer , cease , petitions yet remain , Which heav'n ...
... mind ? Must helpless man , in ignorance sedate , Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm , no wishes rise , No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Enquirer , cease , petitions yet remain , Which heav'n ...
Contents
Introduction | xiii |
General Principles | xxvi |
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