The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . use so illogical a term) ; and of thedawn of Evil in the world. The Divina Commedia,on the other hand, presupposing all this, is thepoetic expression of an infinite Hereafter, an immor-tality in which the bent which the free-will has givento the character in the Present, will have its logicalissue for ever. The philosophy of the poet may be all wrong, butit is, at least, a poetic answer to a universal cry thatcomes welling up from the very depths of the greatheart of humanity. The more intently and minutely these w
The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . use so illogical a term) ; and of thedawn of Evil in the world. The Divina Commedia,on the other hand, presupposing all this, is thepoetic expression of an infinite Hereafter, an immor-tality in which the bent which the free-will has givento the character in the Present, will have its logicalissue for ever. The philosophy of the poet may be all wrong, butit is, at least, a poetic answer to a universal cry thatcomes welling up from the very depths of the greatheart of humanity. The more intently and minutely these works arestudied, the more overpowering becomes the senseof the grandeur of the imagination displayed. Suchworks to be appreciated in all their wealth of meta-phor and meaning, must be studied, not merely , as time wears on, the mind of the poet willstand out in a stronger and ever strengthening light,till at length, after years of pleasurable research, thestudent will come to see the production of the poetsbrain in all its beauty of design and perfection offinish. I. (^nenS-f^iit tm0w*i0«*25>a»»*^ SISWHTMIIELD/ET T»ter nirnrjmmivcep^t^-on^gtiotcDfVi-n^nu Aioecyml>.etftvnt>|u)im€h turKt^t^-u-Twicero^i^lid) taiT-roltur pSxixs^rft*. puLr>jAArbfti|vnutn-5tu-rapftvpi>urn p^taiirl>|iyTn-pep::e-l?fl?^6xn^ve*cmT-cetbonlrturn unr-V«A|vc\Jl»-i: y^xAxxi-oAnbon t»|\iTTc^iy fe itge•l)um • yceyy^on yy^f ^ervAt^yynna. n erut oti • pjtfi^tvptAnmtit^- oc K»^ontifx^elrctoon-^€tTii&Vi Ay^yixMcoy*. elra* ne- ongun twn • -jittyvuxx onyvo^ e- ^«|t:fmt- TicrptJon 5»^m%cel^liie^yr^x>fu]Tme^pnymmenltr- liitrtl t^rtcfv^eltuftrp. [Reduced fac-siniile of the first page of tlie Junian Manuscript.] CHAPTER X. The Fall of Man. Translated from the Anglo-Saxon of Csedmon. MOST right it is to chant the ceaseless praiseOf Him who guards the starry heights of blissAnd ever, with enraptured hearts, adoreThe Glory-King of Heavens Angelic host. In Him alone, the Lo
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