Letters Concerning Poetical Translations - And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by William Benson
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Of Trumpets _loud_, and Clarions, be uprear'd
His mighty Standard. That proud Honour claim'd _Azazel_, as his Right; a Cherub _tall_.-- Again, "Thy Goodness beyond Thought and Pow'r _Divine_.-- And again, "Then from the Mountain hewing Timber _tall_. But the utmost of his Art in this respect consists in his removing the Adjective, the Substantive, and even the Verb, from the Line or Verse in which the Sense is previously contained, and the grammatical Construction inverted, to the Beginning of the next Line. This has a wonderful Effect; especially when the Word is a Monosyllable. "Here finish'd he, and all that he had made _View'd_--and behold all was entirely good. Again, "Over their Heads triumphant Death his Dart _Shook_--But refus'd to strike. This artful Collocation commands the Attention, and makes the Reader feel and see what is offer'd to him. That this Effect is owing to the Collocation will appear by |
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