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... round , so perfect in every array , / So fine , so smooth its surfaces were ] ( 5-6 ) . Here as elsewhere in the poem , roundness is a figure for the apocalypse , the kingdom of heaven made manifest . Both the pearl and the sphere of ...
... round , so perfect in every array , / So fine , so smooth its surfaces were ] ( 5-6 ) . Here as elsewhere in the poem , roundness is a figure for the apocalypse , the kingdom of heaven made manifest . Both the pearl and the sphere of ...
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... round world of our former bliss . Unlike the flawless and spotless pearl , the apple and the round world are both spotted and flawed . But Christ's sacrifice has freely given us God's blessing . Though Adam forfeited the perfect ...
... round world of our former bliss . Unlike the flawless and spotless pearl , the apple and the round world are both spotted and flawed . But Christ's sacrifice has freely given us God's blessing . Though Adam forfeited the perfect ...
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... round on every side beheld A pathless Desert , dusk with horrid shades ; The way he came not having mark'd , return ... round " ; in a valley he sees a tempting forest enclosure : " Nature's own work it seem'd ( Nature taught Art ) ...
... round on every side beheld A pathless Desert , dusk with horrid shades ; The way he came not having mark'd , return ... round " ; in a valley he sees a tempting forest enclosure : " Nature's own work it seem'd ( Nature taught Art ) ...
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the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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