Windows of the Morning: A Critical Study of William Blake's Poetical Sketches, 1783Yale University Press, 1940 - 249 pages |
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Page 64
... battle , and stands staunchly to combat fear in others . Instead of the usual phraseology of battle , the language is more poeti- cal , more imbued with the spiritual as if remembered from the passage in Ephesians 6.14-18 , done ...
... battle , and stands staunchly to combat fear in others . Instead of the usual phraseology of battle , the language is more poeti- cal , more imbued with the spiritual as if remembered from the passage in Ephesians 6.14-18 , done ...
Page 176
... battle that Macpherson em- phasized - noise of shields clanging , of rolling waves breaking on rocky shores , of thunder , of axes felling trees , of shrieks of dying warriors23 — but a battle was never represented with- out also the ...
... battle that Macpherson em- phasized - noise of shields clanging , of rolling waves breaking on rocky shores , of thunder , of axes felling trees , of shrieks of dying warriors23 — but a battle was never represented with- out also the ...
Page 186
... battle comes , like the flame of death ; the rapid car of Cuchullin , the noble son of Semo . " ( I , 16. ) This car is fully described , as is each horse , Sulin - Sifadda and Dusronnel . Its sole purpose is to set off the hero , for ...
... battle comes , like the flame of death ; the rapid car of Cuchullin , the noble son of Semo . " ( I , 16. ) This car is fully described , as is each horse , Sulin - Sifadda and Dusronnel . Its sole purpose is to set off the hero , for ...
Contents
THE YOUTHFUL BLAKE | 1 |
THE PRODUCTION OF UNTUTORED YOUTH | 29 |
THE INfluence of MILTON and the Bible | 59 |
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