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" Thus was this place, A happy rural seat of various view : Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm ; Others whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, Hung amiable — Hesperian fables true, If true, here only — and of delicious taste. "
The Methodist new connexion magazine and evangelical repository - Page 348
1851
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Lines of Authority: Politics and English Literary Culture, 1649-1689

Steven N. Zwicker - 1993 - 276 pages
...Milton presents the "happy rural seat of various view": Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm, Others whose fruit burnished with golden rind...interposed, Or palmy hillock, or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store, Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose: The birds their...
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William Empson: The Critical Achievement

Christopher Norris, Nigel Mapp - 1993 - 344 pages
...thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm. Others whose fruit burnished with golden rind...interposed. Or palmy hillock, or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store. Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose. Empson replied to...
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Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia, Issues 83-84

1963 - 448 pages
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Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry: A Student's Guide

Isabel Rivers - 1994 - 248 pages
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Thomas Cole's Paintings of Eden

Franklin Kelly, Claire M. Barry - 1994 - 78 pages
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John Milton

John Milton - 1994 - 360 pages
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The Works of John Milton: With an Introduction and Bibliography

John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...unpierc'd shade Embrowned the noontide bowers. Thus was this place, A happy rural seat of various view: Others whose fruit, burnished with golden rind, Hung amiable - Hesperian fables true, 250 If true, here only - and of delicious taste. Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing...
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The Discerning Reader: Christian Perspectives on Literature and Theory

David Barratt, Roger Pooley, Leland Ryken - 1995 - 328 pages
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John Milton: A Literary Life

Cedric Clive Brown - 1995 - 240 pages
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The Book of Babel: Words and the Way We See Things

Nigel Lewis - 1994 - 326 pages
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