Illuminator, Makar, Vates: Visions of Poetry in the Fifteenth Century, Volume 10 |
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Page 57
... represents Orpheus as out of tune with Nature . Boethius sug- gests that Orpheus's song calms Nature - his " sorrowful music . made the woodland dance and the rivers stand still . He made the fearful deer lie down bravely with the ...
... represents Orpheus as out of tune with Nature . Boethius sug- gests that Orpheus's song calms Nature - his " sorrowful music . made the woodland dance and the rivers stand still . He made the fearful deer lie down bravely with the ...
Page 100
... represents a turning point for the narrator as poet just as Book VI , the center of Virgil's poem , marks a change in direction for Aeneas . After the waiting of the first five books and the vision of the sixth , Aeneas proceeds toward ...
... represents a turning point for the narrator as poet just as Book VI , the center of Virgil's poem , marks a change in direction for Aeneas . After the waiting of the first five books and the vision of the sixth , Aeneas proceeds toward ...
Page 135
... represents the world , the flesh , and the devil ; then he joins the company of " Per- ceueraunce , " Charity , Prayer , and " Lowliness " who attend the lady ; and finally , with little difficulty , the narrator wins the lady and ...
... represents the world , the flesh , and the devil ; then he joins the company of " Per- ceueraunce , " Charity , Prayer , and " Lowliness " who attend the lady ; and finally , with little difficulty , the narrator wins the lady and ...
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