The Poems of John Milton, With Notes 2
The Poems of John Milton, With Notes 2
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Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs.
Gardens and groves, presented to his eyes.
Above the highth of mountains interposed; By what strange parallax or optic skill 40 81. thence, BecMue the Tiber riMB in tii6 ApeiminM.
84. elevate^ i.e. elevated, nised.
85. taUh palacea^ etc. The following splendid description of Bome is poetic^ not statistio. The design of the poet being to strike the imagination, not to describe the Bome of the days of oar Lord, he places in it some objects which were not ...there as yet, and some which were nerer there. The ' palaces * of Home of that time were only the domuSf or mansions, of such men as Pompeius or Lucullus s the * porches ' were the porticoes, or covered walks, of Pompeius, Agrippa^ Octayia, etc. ; the * theatres,* those of Pompeius and MarceDus, and the amphitheatre of Statilius Tauras, etc. j the * baths,' those of Agrippa ; the 'aqueducts ' raised on arches, which the poet had probably in view, did not ex- ist as yet ; there were at all times 'statues' in Bome^ oommenoing with tiioee of the Kings, on the Capitol, beside those of the Gods s the ' trophies,' aa Dunster observes, may have been suggested to him by what are called the Cimlnio Tro- phies of Marius, which he had seen at the ascent of the Capxtd, where they still remain ; the first * triumphal aroh' was that of Titus, for the deetructton of Jerusalem ; the 'gardens ' of liUCuUus, Gesar, Sallust, and others, are well known, and likewise the fondness of the Bomans for planting trees in the sm^ pUma^ or inner courts of their houses : ** Nempe inter varies nutritur tUiea oo- lumnas." Sor, JEp.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs.
Gardens and groves, presented to his eyes.
Above the highth of mountains interposed; By what strange parallax or optic skill 40 81. thence, BecMue the Tiber riMB in tii6 ApeiminM.
84. elevate^ i.e. elevated, nised.
85. taUh palacea^ etc. The following splendid description of Bome is poetic^ not statistio. The design of the poet being to strike the imagination, not to describe the Bome of the days of oar Lord, he places in it some objects which were not ...there as yet, and some which were nerer there. The ' palaces * of Home of that time were only the domuSf or mansions, of such men as Pompeius or Lucullus s the * porches ' were the porticoes, or covered walks, of Pompeius, Agrippa^ Octayia, etc. ; the * theatres,* those of Pompeius and MarceDus, and the amphitheatre of Statilius Tauras, etc. j the * baths,' those of Agrippa ; the 'aqueducts ' raised on arches, which the poet had probably in view, did not ex- ist as yet ; there were at all times 'statues' in Bome^ oommenoing with tiioee of the Kings, on the Capitol, beside those of the Gods s the ' trophies,' aa Dunster observes, may have been suggested to him by what are called the Cimlnio Tro- phies of Marius, which he had seen at the ascent of the Capxtd, where they still remain ; the first * triumphal aroh' was that of Titus, for the deetructton of Jerusalem ; the 'gardens ' of liUCuUus, Gesar, Sallust, and others, are well known, and likewise the fondness of the Bomans for planting trees in the sm^ pUma^ or inner courts of their houses : ** Nempe inter varies nutritur tUiea oo- lumnas." Sor, JEp.
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