Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet : that is, the second poet, the series of whose creations bore a defined and intelligible relation to the knowledge and sentiment and religion of the age in which he lived, and of the ages which followed... An Introduction to the Study of Dante - Page 92by John Addington Symonds - 1872 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 368 pages
...ancestral Europe, only not utterly forgotten because it will have been stamped with the eternity of genius. Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet:...which he lived, and of the ages which followed it: developing itself in correspondence with their development. For Lucretius had limed the wings of his... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 186 pages
...ancestral Europe, only not utterly forgotten because it will have been stamped with the eternity of genius. Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet...to the knowledge and sentiment and religion of the , jage, in which he lived, and of the ages which followed it : developing itself in correspondence... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 246 pages
...ancestral Europe, only not utterly forgotten because it will have been stamped with the eternity of genius. Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet : that is, the second poet, the series of whosecreations bore a defined and intelligible relation to the knowledge and sentiment and religion... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1847 - 578 pages
...ancestral Europe, only not utterly forgotten because it will have been stamped with the eternity of genius. Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet : that is, the second poet, the scries of whose creations bore a defined and intelligible relation to the knowledge and sentiment and... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1870 - 628 pages
...poets. In that case, the two are assuredly Homer and Dame. His admirable Dffcnce of Poetry says : " Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet...which he lived, and of the ages which followed itβ developing itself in correspondence wzh their development. . . . Milton was the thiirLepic poet. P.... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 444 pages
...ancestral Europe, only not utterly forgotten because it will have been stamped with the eternity of genius. Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet...which he lived, and of the ages which followed it: developing itself in correspondence with their developement. For Lucretius had limed the wings of his... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 520 pages
...participation in the full title of epic poet, or " poet the series of whose creations bore a denned and intelligible relation to the knowledge and sentiment...which he lived, and of the ages which followed it : developing itself in correspondence with their development." Of Homer and his contemporaries Shelley... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 474 pages
...poets. In that case, the two are assuredly Homer and Dante. His admirable Defence of Poetry says : "Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet...which he lived, and of the ages which followed it β developing itself in correspondence with their development. . . . Milton was the third epic poet."... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 478 pages
...poets. In that case, the two are assuredly Homer and Dante. His admirable Defence of Poetry says : " Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet...which he lived, and of the ages which followed it β developing itself in correspondence with their development. . . . Milton was the third epic poet."... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1885 - 474 pages
...poets. In that case, the two are assuredly Homer and Dante. His admirable Defence of Poetry says : " Homer was the first and Dante the second epic poet...which he lived, and of the ages which followed it β developing itself in correspondence with their development. . . . Milton was the third epic poet.... | |
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