| L. C. Knights - 1981 - 246 Seiten
...greatest poem is concerned with the clash of irreconcilable forces long latent in society. Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the ancient Rights...therefore must make room Where greater Spirits come. A glance at the background of literature in the period immediately following the mid-century break... | |
| Helen Gardner - 1967 - 340 Seiten
...cast the Kingdome old Into another Mold. Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the antient Rights in vain : But those do hold or break As Men...greater Spirits come. What Field of all the Civil Wars, Where his were not the deepest Scars ? And Hampton shows what part He had of wiser Art. Where,... | |
| R. Wilcher - 1985 - 214 Seiten
...climb To ruin the great work of time, And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould. Though justice against fate complain. And plead the ancient rights in vain: But those do hold or break 40 As men are strong or weak. Nature, that hateth emptiness, Allows of penetration less: And therefore... | |
| Margarita Stocker - 1922 - 162 Seiten
...climb To ruin the great work of Time, And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould; Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the ancient rights...therefore must make room Where greater spirits come. This, surely, is the eulogy of a condottiere, * urging his active star ' to his own personal glory.... | |
| Northrop Frye - 1991 - 224 Seiten
...revolution, the tyrannos or natural force appears again. As Marvell says of Cromwell's ousting of Charles I: Nature that hateth emptiness Allows of penetration less, And therefore must make room When greater spirits come. Hebraic and Hellenic Traditions Christianity is founded on the New Testament,... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...sing His Numbers languishing. (1. 1-4) 21 Though Justice against Fate complain. And plead the antient . (I. 37-40) 22 Henothing common did, or mean. Upon the memorable Scene: But with his keener Eye The... | |
| Lars Engle - 1993 - 284 Seiten
...climb To ruin the great work ot time. And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould. Though justice against fate complain. And plead the ancient rights...those do hold or break As men are strong or weak. 20 Marvell's equivocal handling of Cromwell's providential understanding of his victories evokes Machiavelli... | |
| Steven N. Zwicker - 1993 - 276 Seiten
...in terms of a clear political calculus: Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the antient Rights in vain: But those do hold or break As Men are strong or weak. 35 What Marvell warily acknowledges in the Horatian Ode, however, Dryden heightens and celebrates in... | |
| Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 Seiten
...situation in 1650 be confronted squarely: Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the antient Rights in vain: But those do hold or break As Men are strong or weak. (lines 37-40) Justice is still named justice, and the ancient rights are still rights (every party... | |
| Patsy Griffin - 1995 - 228 Seiten
...His great spirit achieves his victories: Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the antient Rights in vain: But those do hold or break As Men...greater Spirits come. What Field of all the Civil Wars, Where his were not the deepest Scars? (37-46) He not only "acts," which the unfortunate lover... | |
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