 ... of literary expression common to all whose native speech is English. Their purpose was not to escape the literary traditions of the past, but to utilize and to surpass them. The spirit of their endeavor was ambitiously expressed in the following lines...  Poems: In Two Volumes - Pagina 131door Samuel Low - 1800Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George Philip Krapp - 1925 - 412 pagina’s
...endeavor was ambitiously expressed in the following lines from one of Samuel Low's Poems (1800), p. 135: "The time will come, soon may that time arrive, When...soar, And a new Virgil grace this western shore." Homer and Virgil in these lines merely express figuratively respect for the accredited achievements... | |
 | George Philip Krapp - 1925 - 412 pagina’s
...expressed in the following lines from one of Samuel Low's Poems (1800), p. 135: "The time will come, aoon may that time arrive, When Roman greatness shall in...soar, And a new Virgil grace this western shore." Homer and Virgil in these lines merely express figuratively respect for the accredited achievements... | |
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