The Measure is English Heroic Verse without Rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; Rime being no necessary Adjunct or true ornament of Poem or good Verse, in longer Works especially, but the Invention of a barbarous Age, to set off... Paradise Lost: Book I - Seite 41von John Milton - 1887 - 153 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Chetham Society - 1878 - 262 Seiten
...worthy of being here quoted : " The measure is English Heroic Verse without Rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; Rime being no necessary...in longer Works especially, but the Invention of a harharous age, to set off wretched matter and lame meeter ; grac't indeed since by the use of some... | |
| John Milton - 1889 - 106 Seiten
...poem rimes not." THE VERSE. "The measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer iu Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; rime being no necessary...off wretched matter and lame metre; graced indeed by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much to their own v.exation, hindrance,... | |
| John Milton - 1879 - 218 Seiten
...expressed a more lofty and tragic height ; never any represented Nature more purely to the life." — The invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre, etc. In Roger Ascham's Schole-Master (1571), there is a passage which re1 dicious ears, trivial and... | |
| John Milton - 1879 - 232 Seiten
...expressed a more lofty and tragic height ; never any represented Nature more purely to the life." — The invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre, etc. In Roger Ascham's Schole- Master (1571), there is a passage which re. 1 dicioiui ears, trivial... | |
| John Milton - 1879 - 216 Seiten
...expressed a more lofty and tragic height ; never any represented Nature more purely to the life." — The invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre, etc. In Roger Ascham's Schole- Master (1571), there is a passage which re1 dicious ears, trivial and... | |
| Henry Morley - 1879 - 706 Seiten
...caused him almost wholly to put aside the ornaments of rhyme — " invention," as he now called it, " of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre." Samson's lament for his blindness (11. 67-109) could, of course, be realized by the blind poet. He... | |
| David Masson - 1880 - 878 Seiten
...English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek and of Virgil in Latin, rime being ho necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good...especially, but the invention of a barbarous age to set oft' wretched matter and lame metre ; geaced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried... | |
| David Masson - 1880 - 880 Seiten
...VEBSE. The measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek and of Virgil iu Latin, rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in louger works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age to set off wretched matter and lame metre... | |
| John Milton - 1881 - 894 Seiten
...rhyme. ANDREW MARVELL. THE VERSE. ([HE measure is English Heroic Verse, without Rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin; Rime being no necessary...barbarous Age, to set off wretched matter and lame Meeter; grac't indeed since by the use of some famous modern Poets, carried away by Custom, but much... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1882 - 1192 Seiten
...measure b English Heruic Von*-, without Rime, a* that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; Rimo being no necessary Adjunct or true Ornament of Poem...Works especially, but the Invention of a barbarous Agv to set ofl' wretched Hatter and lanie Meeter: ferae' t indeed since by the use of Home famous Modern... | |
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