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Page 36
... earth [ " life - giving " ] be- cause , " though he had to speak of the earth in sadness , he would not let that sadness change or affect his thought of it , " but con- soled himself by considering that " the earth is our mother still ...
... earth [ " life - giving " ] be- cause , " though he had to speak of the earth in sadness , he would not let that sadness change or affect his thought of it , " but con- soled himself by considering that " the earth is our mother still ...
Page 37
... earth - that epithet upon which Ruskin commented in so sentimental a manner . The Greek , translated literally , reads " life - bestowing earth held , " which Hawtrey , with pensive Vir- gilian grace , renders " in Earth's soft arms ...
... earth - that epithet upon which Ruskin commented in so sentimental a manner . The Greek , translated literally , reads " life - bestowing earth held , " which Hawtrey , with pensive Vir- gilian grace , renders " in Earth's soft arms ...
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... earth are breathing and moving . ' It was , of course , the death of their charioteer Patroclus at the hands of Hector which caused the horses to weep ; and this grief of the horses elicited the comment of Zeus . But the thought does ...
... earth are breathing and moving . ' It was , of course , the death of their charioteer Patroclus at the hands of Hector which caused the horses to weep ; and this grief of the horses elicited the comment of Zeus . But the thought does ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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