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Page 96
... eyes , those eyes which try to eclipse the sun but fail . The second couplet ( 15-16 ) , bland and plain , makes two simple independent statements of fact ; but the oblique parallels of the earlier lines have prepared us for a deeper ...
... eyes , those eyes which try to eclipse the sun but fail . The second couplet ( 15-16 ) , bland and plain , makes two simple independent statements of fact ; but the oblique parallels of the earlier lines have prepared us for a deeper ...
Page 98
... eyes is a strategic metaphor ; for just a little later when she sallies forth upon the Thames , her conquering eyes are " bright as the Sun. " The opening of the second canto follows , after the final four lines of the first canto , the ...
... eyes is a strategic metaphor ; for just a little later when she sallies forth upon the Thames , her conquering eyes are " bright as the Sun. " The opening of the second canto follows , after the final four lines of the first canto , the ...
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... eye , Pant on thy lip , and to thy heart be prest ; 18 Give all thou canst - and let me dream the rest . Ah no ! instruct me other joys to prize , 20 With other beauties charm my partial eyes , Full in my view set all the bright abode ...
... eye , Pant on thy lip , and to thy heart be prest ; 18 Give all thou canst - and let me dream the rest . Ah no ! instruct me other joys to prize , 20 With other beauties charm my partial eyes , Full in my view set all the bright abode ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Pastorals 1709 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism 1711 | 45 |
Copyright | |
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