The Burial-places of Memory: Epic Underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton |
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... light me on to God . You were like one who goes by night and carries the light behind him and profits not himself , but makes those wise who follow him , when you said , " The ages are renewed ; Justice returns and the first age of man ...
... light me on to God . You were like one who goes by night and carries the light behind him and profits not himself , but makes those wise who follow him , when you said , " The ages are renewed ; Justice returns and the first age of man ...
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... Light , offspring of Heav'n first - born , Or of th ' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is Light , And never but in unapproached Light Dwelt from Eternity , dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright ...
... Light , offspring of Heav'n first - born , Or of th ' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is Light , And never but in unapproached Light Dwelt from Eternity , dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright ...
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... Light Cloth'd with transcendent brightness didst outshine Myriads though bright . ( 1.84-87 ) This outcry , which notoriously resists all attempts at grammatical analysis , is well known to echo Aeneas's cry about the shade of Hector ...
... Light Cloth'd with transcendent brightness didst outshine Myriads though bright . ( 1.84-87 ) This outcry , which notoriously resists all attempts at grammatical analysis , is well known to echo Aeneas's cry about the shade of Hector ...
Contents
The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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