Old Calabria by Norman Douglas
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page 229 of 451 (50%)
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The words of Milton's Beelzebub (ii, 368): Seduce them to our party, that their god May prove their foe . . . are copied from those of the Italian Lucifero (p. 52): . . . Facciam Accio, che l' huom divenga A Dio nemico . . . Regarding the creation of the world, Salandra asks (p. 11): Qual lingua puo di Dio, Benche da Dio formato Lodar di Dio le meraviglie estreme? which is thus echoed by Milton (vii, 112): . . . to recount almighty works What words or tongue of Seraph can suffice? There is a considerable resemblance between the two poets in their descriptions of Paradise and of its joys. In both poems, too, Adam warns his spouse of her frailty, and in the episode of Eve's meeting with the serpent there are no less than four verbal coincidences. Thus Salandra writes (p. 68): Ravviso gli animal, ch' a schiera a schiera Gia fanno humil e _reverente_ inclino . . . |
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