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...describing the occult power which the poems of that great man have over the minds of his readers. He says, " There would seem, at first sight, to be no more in...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial-places of the memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one...

...play for a mere passive listener. He sketches, and leaves others to fill up the outline. He VOL I. 3 strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial-places of the memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one...

...Milton, it is most appropriate. His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies less in its ohvious meaning than in its occult power. There would seem,...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial-places of the memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence, substitute one...

...and action to superior beings, to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven."2 "We often hear of the magical influence of poetry....enchantment. No sooner are they pronounced, than the past is 1 Campbell. " Specimens, &c.," Introduction, p. Ixxx. 8 Dr. Johnson. "Life of Milton." present and...

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...them. The works of Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished...of beauty start at once into existence, and all the burial-places of the memory give up their dead. Change the structure of the sentence ; substitute one...

...paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive listener. He sketches, and leaves others to till up the outline. He strikes the key-note, and expects...no more in his words than in other words. But they arc words of enchantment; no sooner arc they pronounced, than the past is present, and the distant...

...between the two great poems ; and the fine criticism of Mucaulay on Milton may be applied to Dante: — " His poetry acts like an incantation. Its merit lies...beauty start at once into existence, and. all the burial-places of the memory give up their dead." There is one element essential to tho Italian mind,...