Poets of Action: Incorporating Essays from The Burning OracleMethuen, 1967 - 302 pages |
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Page xi
... harmony with righteousness ; the sex - drive and the power - drive into harmony with love . Such are some of the considerations that must be brought to 1 We cannot attribute this veiling to the necessities of public performance ...
... harmony with righteousness ; the sex - drive and the power - drive into harmony with love . Such are some of the considerations that must be brought to 1 We cannot attribute this veiling to the necessities of public performance ...
Page 45
... harmony . There is no ultimate harmony about Milton's cosmic structure : his universe cannot be felt as an organic whole . Though the bridge built by Sin and Death is scarcely impressive , yet the poet , whilst superficially deploring ...
... harmony . There is no ultimate harmony about Milton's cosmic structure : his universe cannot be felt as an organic whole . Though the bridge built by Sin and Death is scarcely impressive , yet the poet , whilst superficially deploring ...
Page 46
... harmony , such as Dante's ; or some vast and massive life , as in Shelley . Milton's cosmology is different ; his scientific , geometrically oblique , and mechanical emphasis misses alike cosmic mystery , cosmic mass , and cosmic harmony ...
... harmony , such as Dante's ; or some vast and massive life , as in Shelley . Milton's cosmology is different ; his scientific , geometrically oblique , and mechanical emphasis misses alike cosmic mystery , cosmic mass , and cosmic harmony ...
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