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Page 81
... cosmic rhythm . What was individual and personal , unique and transitory , is now organically related to ' endless time , and is auspiciously in touch with cosmic power . The dignity of man The part played by man himself took on a new ...
... cosmic rhythm . What was individual and personal , unique and transitory , is now organically related to ' endless time , and is auspiciously in touch with cosmic power . The dignity of man The part played by man himself took on a new ...
Page 137
... cosmic Calender . In conceiving her as queen of shepherds in their rustic queen - rite of April into May he is placing her in the great web of meaning and at the same time linking his imaginative act of creation with cosmic rhythm . He ...
... cosmic Calender . In conceiving her as queen of shepherds in their rustic queen - rite of April into May he is placing her in the great web of meaning and at the same time linking his imaginative act of creation with cosmic rhythm . He ...
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... cosmic poetry but not disci- plined in form . Nevertheless the success of the Sepmaine may have confirmed Spenser in his decision to cast his epic in cosmic mould . DU BELLAY , JOACHIM , 1525-60 . Of the new poets of France it was du ...
... cosmic poetry but not disci- plined in form . Nevertheless the success of the Sepmaine may have confirmed Spenser in his decision to cast his epic in cosmic mould . DU BELLAY , JOACHIM , 1525-60 . Of the new poets of France it was du ...
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