The Castle of Indolence, and Other PoemsUniversity of Kansas Press, 1961 - 222 pages |
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... Scene of Strife , Few gain the Summit , breathe that purest Air , That heavenly Ether , which untroubled sees The Storm of Vice and Passion rage below . In these lines the landscape of The Castle is disposed of as an illusion ; the ...
... Scene of Strife , Few gain the Summit , breathe that purest Air , That heavenly Ether , which untroubled sees The Storm of Vice and Passion rage below . In these lines the landscape of The Castle is disposed of as an illusion ; the ...
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... scene of lavish profusion . Shenstone , whose ideal of a choice retreat may seem to re- semble Thomson's , and who conceived of indolence as a refined and somewhat melancholy retirement ( see his " Ode to Indo- lence " ) differs from ...
... scene of lavish profusion . Shenstone , whose ideal of a choice retreat may seem to re- semble Thomson's , and who conceived of indolence as a refined and somewhat melancholy retirement ( see his " Ode to Indo- lence " ) differs from ...
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... scene in shadowy vision rise . " Cf. also Wordsworth , Prelude , III.510-16 : " Hitherto I had stood In my own mind ... scenes of Thomson are frequently as wild and romantic as those of 189 NOTES ( pp . 81-83 )
... scene in shadowy vision rise . " Cf. also Wordsworth , Prelude , III.510-16 : " Hitherto I had stood In my own mind ... scenes of Thomson are frequently as wild and romantic as those of 189 NOTES ( pp . 81-83 )
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