 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...another world, perhaps " Not lawful to reveal '—Yet, for thy good, 570 " This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach " Of human sense, I shall...forms, " As may express them best ; though what if Earth1 " Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things therein 575 " Each to other like, more than on Earth... | |
 | 1854 - 664 pages
...and better world, provided they are directed to the highest and holiest objects of investigation. " What if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things...Each to other like, more than on earth is thought?" In giving a eritieal analysis of this work, we shall deviate from the plan of our author, beeause the... | |
 | William Kerrigan - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 372 pages
...good This is dispens't, and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By lik'ning spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best, though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein Each to other like more than on Earth is thought? (570-576) This much-debated... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 160 pages
...good This is dispens't, and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By lik'ning spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best, though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein Each to other like more than on Earth is thought? (V. 564-76, my emphasis)... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Literary Collections - 1989 - 450 pages
...a contrast of this life. In the language of the noblest of Christian poets, "What if Earth Be but a shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought?"'3 Thus, brethren, the gospel teaches us, as the author of Ecclesiastes, not a direct assurance... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...1 shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best - I ho ugh what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things...Each to other like, more than on Earth is thought? Reigned where these Heavens now roll, where Earth now rests Upon her centre poised, when on a day (For... | |
 | Clive Hart, Kay Gilliland Stevenson - Art - 1995 - 260 pages
...matter all, Indued with various forms, various degrees Of substance, and in things that live, of life. what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate...therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought?35 Although in Milton's understanding the distance between the extremes is perhaps greater... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 500 pages
...suggests, that there was greater Propriety in so doing, than his first Caution seem'd to imply; Tho' what if Earth Be but the Shadow of Heaven, and things...Each to other like, more than on Earth is thought. [V, 574-6] And this (I say) is corrupting our Notions of spiritual Things, and sensualizing our Ideas... | |
 | Elizabeth Sauer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 230 pages
...good This is dispens't, and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By lik'ning spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best, though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein Each to other like, more than on Earth is thought? (5-563—76) Henry John... | |
 | G. Michael McCrossin - Religion - 1997 - 196 pages
...especially its Editor-in-Chief Robert Heyer and my editor, Sarah Smiley. CHAPTER ONE Paradise Lost What if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things...Each to other like more than on earth is thought? -J. Milton, Paradise Lost, V, 57 4 The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of hell,... | |
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This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than... 
