The complete works . crea-ture who, in the midst of this labyrinth, lived as a spider inthe center of his web; and the maiden all forlorn maystand for Ariadne, or Adriane—(either name is given her byChaucer, as he chooses to have three syllables or two)—whilethe gradual involution of the ballad, and necessity of clear-mindedness as well as clear utterance on the part of its singer,is a pretty vocal imitation of the deepening labyrinth. The-seus, being a pious hero, and the first Athenian knight who cuthis hair short in front, may not inajDtly be represented by thepriest all shaven and shorn; t
The complete works . crea-ture who, in the midst of this labyrinth, lived as a spider inthe center of his web; and the maiden all forlorn maystand for Ariadne, or Adriane—(either name is given her byChaucer, as he chooses to have three syllables or two)—whilethe gradual involution of the ballad, and necessity of clear-mindedness as well as clear utterance on the part of its singer,is a pretty vocal imitation of the deepening labyrinth. The-seus, being a pious hero, and the first Athenian knight who cuthis hair short in front, may not inajDtly be represented by thepriest all shaven and shorn; the cock that crew in the mornis the proper Athenian symbol of a pugnacious mind; and themalt that lay in the house fortunately indicates the connec-tion of Theseus and the Athenian power with the mysteries of 148 FOES CLAVIGERA. Eleiisis, where corn first, it is said, grew in Greece. And bythe way, I am more and more struck every day, by the singu-lar Grecism in Shakespeares mind, contrary in many respects ^^^^,. to the rest of his nature; yet compelling him to associate Eng-lish fairyland with the great Duke of Athens, and to use themost familiar of all English words for land, acre, in theGreek or Eleusinian sense, not the English one! Between the acres of the rye,These pretty country-folks do lie—
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