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... Orpheus appears , giving utterance to the joyful harmony around him . In Milton's description of Eden the same principle applies to the mention of Pan and the Hours . Furthermore , in the comparisons occurring here Milton has not ...
... Orpheus appears , giving utterance to the joyful harmony around him . In Milton's description of Eden the same principle applies to the mention of Pan and the Hours . Furthermore , in the comparisons occurring here Milton has not ...
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... Orpheus from his golden slumber on heaped Elysian flowers . But fully as important as the color - element is the element of sound in this poem . The origin of Mirth is in the combination of bright color with cheerful sound . As Aurora ...
... Orpheus from his golden slumber on heaped Elysian flowers . But fully as important as the color - element is the element of sound in this poem . The origin of Mirth is in the combination of bright color with cheerful sound . As Aurora ...
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... Orpheus ' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heaped Elysian flowers , and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto to have quite set free His half - regained Eurydice . This perhaps will be sufficient to ...
... Orpheus ' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heaped Elysian flowers , and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto to have quite set free His half - regained Eurydice . This perhaps will be sufficient to ...
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... Orpheus , roaming in old age through lonely caverns , quelling the wild beasts with his music . So , a spare eater and a drinker of water , Homer carried Odysseus through the long straits , through the monster - haunted hall of Circe ...
... Orpheus , roaming in old age through lonely caverns , quelling the wild beasts with his music . So , a spare eater and a drinker of water , Homer carried Odysseus through the long straits , through the monster - haunted hall of Circe ...
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... Orpheus . In L'Allegro the poet calls for soft Lydian airs , Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus ' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heaped Elysian flowers , and hear Such ...
... Orpheus . In L'Allegro the poet calls for soft Lydian airs , Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus ' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heaped Elysian flowers , and hear Such ...
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