Evidence: | [Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost", Book 4, lines 1-5] Keats underlines the lines: "O for that warning voice, which he who saw/ The Apocalypse heard cry in Heaven aloud,/ Then when the Dragon put to second rout,/ Came furious down to be revenged on men,". He writes: 'A friend of mine says this Book has the finest opening of any - the point of time is gigantically critical - the wax is melted, the seal is aobut to be applied - and Milton breaks out, "O for that warning voice," etc. There is moreover an opportunity for a Grandeur of Tenderness - the opportunity is not lost. Nothing can be higher - Nothing so more than delphic.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | John Keats |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 31 Oct 1795 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | poet |
Religion: | atheist |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Milton |
Title: | Paradise Lost |
Genre: | Other religious, Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 22613 | |
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Author: | John Keats | |
Editor: | John Barnard | |
Title: | John Keats: The Complete Poems | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 524 | |
Additional comments: | The marginalia is transcribed in Appendix 4 of this edition |
Citation: | John Keats, John Barnard (ed.), John Keats: The Complete Poems (London, 1988), p. 524, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22613, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
The "friend" mentioned is probably Benjamin Bailey. |
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