Poets of Action: Incorporating Essays from The Burning OracleMethuen, 1967 - 302 pages |
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Page 136
... honour to him done Returns our own . ( v . 828 ) That is , though Messiah be our superior , his honour and his royalty are now ours : we can derive honour from his office . All hinges on the precise nature of Messiah's kingship ; and ...
... honour to him done Returns our own . ( v . 828 ) That is , though Messiah be our superior , his honour and his royalty are now ours : we can derive honour from his office . All hinges on the precise nature of Messiah's kingship ; and ...
Page 137
... honour , due alike To him who reigns , and so much to him due Of hazard more , as he above the rest High honour'd sits ? ( II . 450 ) No remarks of Milton to remind us that Satan remains Satan can destroy these noble significances . The ...
... honour , due alike To him who reigns , and so much to him due Of hazard more , as he above the rest High honour'd sits ? ( II . 450 ) No remarks of Milton to remind us that Satan remains Satan can destroy these noble significances . The ...
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... honour . An ' insect ' may hurt beings of a higher order . She recounts examples from history of communal disaster brought on by questions of personal honour ; and even such a thing as Steno has now put in peril A Senate which hath ...
... honour . An ' insect ' may hurt beings of a higher order . She recounts examples from history of communal disaster brought on by questions of personal honour ; and even such a thing as Steno has now put in peril A Senate which hath ...
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action angels Areopagitica blend Britain Burning Oracle Childe Harold Christ Christian Comus conflict corresponding cosmic dark death divine Doge Don Juan dramatic earth Eloisa to Abelard emotions England essence eternity evil eyes Faery Faery Queen feeling force freedom glory God's golden Haidée harmony Heaven Hell hero heroic honour human humour instinct John Cowper Powys judgement king liberty light literary living Lord Lord Byron lust Manfred Marino Faliero Marlowe ment Messiah Milton mind monarchy Myrrha mystery nature never pagan Paradise Lost Paradise Regained passage passions perhaps phrase poem poet poetic poetry political Pope Pope's prose Reason of Church reference royalistic royalty Samson Agonistes Sardanapalus Satan satire Second Defence sense sexual Shakespeare Shakespearian Smectymnuus sovereign sovereignty Spenser spirit strength suggests Swift symbol sympathy Tamburlaine things thou thought throne tion tragic truth VIII virtue whole writes