Selected Shorter Poems and Prose WritingsIncludes Comus, Lycidas, and extracts from the prose, such as the early pamphlet, Of Reformation, and the celebrated Areopagitica in defence of freedom of the press. |
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Page 82
... grace and refuge to the distresses of mortal suppliants ; and it were a shame to leave these serious thoughts less piously than the heathen were wont to conclude their graver discourses . Thou therefore that sitst in light and glory ...
... grace and refuge to the distresses of mortal suppliants ; and it were a shame to leave these serious thoughts less piously than the heathen were wont to conclude their graver discourses . Thou therefore that sitst in light and glory ...
Page 156
... grace . The symbolic link between nature and grace is the sacraments ( Sabrina's baptismal ' drops ... from my fountain pure ' ) . The Lady can withstand Comus's charms because she is virtuous ; but to rise from her seat she needs a ...
... grace . The symbolic link between nature and grace is the sacraments ( Sabrina's baptismal ' drops ... from my fountain pure ' ) . The Lady can withstand Comus's charms because she is virtuous ; but to rise from her seat she needs a ...
Page 242
... grace to use it so ' ( the colloquial ' have grace ' resonating with theological overtones ) . Taskmaster's eye The wings of time ( line 2 ) and the all - seeing eye of God recall the powerful Renaissance icon of the winged eye ...
... grace to use it so ' ( the colloquial ' have grace ' resonating with theological overtones ) . Taskmaster's eye The wings of time ( line 2 ) and the all - seeing eye of God recall the powerful Renaissance icon of the winged eye ...
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An epitaph on the admirable dramatic poet | 27 |
Lycidas 1638 | 56 |
from Areopagitica 1644 | 85 |
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