Selected Lyrics From Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper, And Burns
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The allusion is to Shakespeare's tragedies.
131-132 This reference is to Milton and Paradise Lost.
133 distant warblings: the poets who succeeded Milton.
THE PROGRESS OF POESY 1 Aeolian lyre: Mr. Hales in his Longer English Poems warns the reader against confusing this phrase with the Aeolian harp. Gray here forms the adjective from Aeolis, a part of Asia Minor. It was probably here that lyric poetry of the Greeks first found artistic expressions. Aeolian lyre may, therefore, be taken as the eq...uivalent of lyric poetry.
3 Helicon's . . . springs: Near Mt. Helicon were two springs — Aganippe and Hippocrene — sacred to the Muses. The grove of the Muses was near by.
9 Ceres: the goddess of grain and harvests.
13-24 The stanza discusses the calming and comforting power of music — especially as this effect is seen on Mars and on Jove. For the thought Gray says he is indebted to the first Pythian ode of Pindar.
17 Mars was anciently thought to have his seat in Thrace.
21 feather'd king: The eagle was sacred to Jove.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The allusion is to Shakespeare's tragedies.
131-132 This reference is to Milton and Paradise Lost.
133 distant warblings: the poets who succeeded Milton.
THE PROGRESS OF POESY 1 Aeolian lyre: Mr. Hales in his Longer English Poems warns the reader against confusing this phrase with the Aeolian harp. Gray here forms the adjective from Aeolis, a part of Asia Minor. It was probably here that lyric poetry of the Greeks first found artistic expressions. Aeolian lyre may, therefore, be taken as the eq...uivalent of lyric poetry.
3 Helicon's . . . springs: Near Mt. Helicon were two springs — Aganippe and Hippocrene — sacred to the Muses. The grove of the Muses was near by.
9 Ceres: the goddess of grain and harvests.
13-24 The stanza discusses the calming and comforting power of music — especially as this effect is seen on Mars and on Jove. For the thought Gray says he is indebted to the first Pythian ode of Pindar.
17 Mars was anciently thought to have his seat in Thrace.
21 feather'd king: The eagle was sacred to Jove.
What to read after Selected Lyrics From Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper, And Burns?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Gray, Thomas 1716-1771 to read onlineMoreLess
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