...19 There is only one direct reference to the feminine in the poem, at the end of the first stanza. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself...Creation's death behold. As Adam saw her prime. The specular logic of the masculine expands the stature of its subjectivity by constricting the feminine...

...Darkness had no need Of aid from them—She was the universe. 2. Thomas Campbell, "The Last Man," 272-73. All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself...my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time! 1 su« i he last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime! The Sun's...

...dreaming to introduce the piece (respectively: 'I had a dream, which was not all a dream', 1. 1 ; and 'I saw a vision in my sleep, / That gave my spirit strength to sweep / Adown the gulf of time!', 11. 5-7). Byron's 'I had a dream, which was not all a dream" is a strong opening line, in which the...

...dreaming to introduce the ptece (respectively: '1 had a dream, which was not all a dream', l. 1 ; and 'l saw a vision in my sleep, / That gave my spirit strength to sweep / Adown the gulf of time!', ll. 5-7). Byron's 'l had a dream, which was not all a dream' is a strong opening line, in which the...

...poem — beautiful in some respects — " The Last Man" is a ludicrous illustration of this mistake. " I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold as Adam saw her prime." No doubt " The Sun himself must die," but that will not happen till the Life of the Sun, including...

...The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, ed. William Michael Rosseui (London: Moxon, 1871), pp. 261-5. I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulph of Time! I saw the last of human mould, That shall Creation's death behold, As Adam saw her prime!...