Criticism on Milton's Paradise lost From 'The Spectator' 31 December, 1711- 3 May, 1712 .. . rmlefs Mafs,This worlds material mould, came to a heap :Confufwn heard his voice, and wild uproarStood ruPd, flood vail infinitude confirtd;Till at his fecond bidding darknefs fled,light fhon, &c. In the following part of the Speech he points outthe Earth with fuch Circumftances, that the Reader 74 CRITICISM OF BOOK III. can fcarce forbear fancying himfelf employd on thefame diftant view of it. Look downward on that Globe, whofe hither fideWith light from hence, tho but ?eficcled, fJiines ;That place i
Criticism on Milton's Paradise lost From 'The Spectator' 31 December, 1711- 3 May, 1712 .. . rmlefs Mafs,This worlds material mould, came to a heap :Confufwn heard his voice, and wild uproarStood ruPd, flood vail infinitude confirtd;Till at his fecond bidding darknefs fled,light fhon, &c. In the following part of the Speech he points outthe Earth with fuch Circumftances, that the Reader 74 CRITICISM OF BOOK III. can fcarce forbear fancying himfelf employd on thefame diftant view of it. Look downward on that Globe, whofe hither fideWith light from hence, tho but ?eficcled, fJiines ;That place is Earth, the Seat of man, that lightHis day, &c. I muft not conclude my Reflections upon this ThirdBook of Paradife Loft, without taking notice of thatcelebrated Complaint of Milton with which it opens,and which certainly deferves all the Praifes that havebeen given it; tho as I have before hinted, it mayrather be looked upon as an Excrefcence, than as aneffential Part of the Poem. The fame Obfervationmight be applied to that beautiful Digreffion uponHypocriiie, in the fame Numb. CCCXXI. The SPECTATOR. Nee fatis eftpulchra effe poemata, dulcia fiinto. Hor. VTis not enough a Poem}s finely writ;It nuift ajfeel and captivate the Soul. } Saturday, March 8. 1712. |HOSE, who know how many Volumes havebeen written on the Poems of Homer andVirgil, will ealily pardon the Length of myDifcourfe upon Milton. The Paradife Loftis lookd upon, by the befl Judges, as thegreatefl Production, or at leaf! the nobleft Work ofGenius, in our Language, and therefore deferves to befet before an Englifti Reader in its full Beauty. Forthis Reafon, tho I have endeavoured to give ageneral Idea of its Graces and Imperfections in my SixFirft Papers, I thought my felf obliged to beftow one uponevery Book in particular. The Three Firft Books I havealready difpatched, and am now entring upon theFourth. I need not acquaint my Reader, that there areMultitudes of Beauties in this great Author, efpeciallyin
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