...masterpiece to observe. This would make them soon perceive what despicable creatures our common Rimers and Play-writers be, and show them what religious,...be made of Poetry both in divine and human things." But the teacher must never get so engrossed in his lecturing as to forget that " the play's the thing."...

...true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what decorum is — which is the grand masterpiece to observe. This would make them soon perceive what despicable...made of poetry, both in divine and human things.' Milton was convinced that Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained subsequently benefited by his knowledge...

...as being less subtile and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and passionate"; genre and decorum teach "what religious, what glorious and magnificent use might be made of poetry, both in divine and humane things."37 The equivocation and affirmation recall Sidney: "For poesy must not be drawn by the...

...would make them soon perceive what despicable creatures our common Rimers and Playwriters be, and shew them, what religious, what glorious and magnificent use might be made of Poetry both in divine and humane things. From hence and not till now will be the right season of forming them to be able Writers...

...poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe. This would make them soon perceive what despicable creatures our common rhymers and playwrights be and show them what religious, what glorious and magnificent use might be made of poetry,...

...passionate' than logic and rhetoric, not to exalt it above the philosophical arts but to insist upon 'what religious, what glorious and magnificent use might be made of poetry, both in divine and human things'.1 Geoffrey Hill has frequently drawn attention to Milton's formulation 'simple sensuous and...

...This would make them,' concludes Milton, 'soon perceive what despicable creatures our common rhimers and play-writers be, and show them what religious,...made of poetry, both in divine and human things.' "This passage is quoted, becaused it is desirable to impress on the reader the great expediency, almost...

...1640s, while the possibilities for Paradise Lost were first stirring in his imagination, Milton affirmed "what Religious, what glorious and magnificent use might be made of Poetry both in divine and humane things."3" Milton's solution to Augustine's predicament is fairly simple, though it would require...

...[students] soon perceive what despicable creatures our comm[on] Rimers and Play- writers be, and shew them, what religious, what glorious and magnificent use might be made of Poetry both in divine and humane things" — a set of concerns relived in Andrew Marvell's commendatory poem on Paradise Lost,...