 I should not (I think) have ventured upon it. But there can be, I believe, none better ; and that part, of the Invocation, if it became a Heathen, is no less Necessary for a Christian Poet, A Jovcjirincipium, Musac; and it follows then very naturally,...  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's sämmtliche Schriften - Page 319by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1785 - 354 pages
...it follows then very naturally, Jovii omni« pifia. The whole work may reasonably hope tobe tilled with a divine Spirit, when it begins with a prayer to be fo. The Grecians built this Portal with lefs (late, and made but one part of thefe Tire; in which,... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1838 - 470 pages
...principium Mufae; and it follows then very naturally, Jovis omnia plena. The whole work may reafonably hope to be filled with a divine Spirit, when it begins with a prayer to be fo. The Grecians bull this Portal with lefs ftate, and made but one part of thefe Two; in which, and... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1855 - 512 pages
...for a Christian Poet. A Jove principium Muiae; and it follows then very naturally, ./mis omnia pltna. The whole work may reasonably hope to be filled with a divine Spirit, when it begins with a prayer to he so. The Grecians built this Portal with less state, and made but one part of these Two; in which,... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1881 - 1020 pages
...necessary fora Christian Poet. A Jove principinm Mnsae; and it follows then very naturally, Jo vis omnia plena. The whole work may reasonably hope to...divine Spirit, when it begins with a prayer to be no. The Grecians built this Portal with less state, and made but one part of these Two; in which, and... | |
 | John McLaren McBryde - 1899 - 96 pages
...necessary for a Christian poet. A Jove principium, Musae; and it follows then very naturally, Jovis omnia plena. The whole work may reasonably hope to...Divine Spirit, when it begins with a prayer to be so.' Cowley thus felt the tradition too strong to break away from, as did also Milton later, who began his... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - Death - 1905 - 484 pages
...Necessary for a Christian Poet, A Jovcjirincipium, Musac; and it follows then very naturally, Jovis omnia plena. {The whole work may reasonably hope to...Divine Spirit, when it begins with a Prayer to be so. J The Grecians built this Portal with less state, and made but one part of these Two; in which, and... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - Death - 1905 - 484 pages
...Necessary for a Christian Pott. A Jove principium, Musa; and it follows then very naturally, Jereis omnia plena. The whole work may reasonably hope to be filled with a Drvint Spirit, when it begins with a Prayer to be so. The Grecians built this Portal with less state,... | |
 | Claude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 291 pages
...version of the invocatory strategy optimistically described by Cowley in the preface to his 1656 Poems: "the whole work may reasonably hope to be filled with...Divine Spirit, when it begins with a Prayer to be so."21 What this allows for is an "inlargednesse of mind" in which the poet has absolute freedom of... | |
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