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... poet can communicate only what he himself is , and should therefore himself be such a composi- tion of the good and honorable . Had Milton fed only on the Platonic critics of his age , he would not have thus identified poet , poem , and ...
... poet can communicate only what he himself is , and should therefore himself be such a composi- tion of the good and honorable . Had Milton fed only on the Platonic critics of his age , he would not have thus identified poet , poem , and ...
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... poet . If Milton had thought poetry a mere personal indulgence , he could have been content ; or if he had thought ... poet ever be freed by the stability of society to be a poet ? Yet a poet Milton felt himself to be , and only at ...
... poet . If Milton had thought poetry a mere personal indulgence , he could have been content ; or if he had thought ... poet ever be freed by the stability of society to be a poet ? Yet a poet Milton felt himself to be , and only at ...
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... poet , we are to understand , cannot be lightly undertaken ; nor was it by Milton . His regard is to God's glory ' by the honor and instruction ' of his country ; his purpose , ' not to make verbal curiosities the end ( that were a ...
... poet , we are to understand , cannot be lightly undertaken ; nor was it by Milton . His regard is to God's glory ' by the honor and instruction ' of his country ; his purpose , ' not to make verbal curiosities the end ( that were a ...
Contents
Milton as a Student of Plato | 3 |
Academics Old and New | 27 |
Himself a True Poem | 45 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Plato and Milton Cornell paperbacks, ISSN 2574-707X Volume 35 of Cornell studies in English |
| Author | Irene Samuel |
| Edition | reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 182 pages |
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