What lines do you think best show the poet's appreciation of beauty in nature?
Choose the lines which you like best as showing his deep affections.
Read lines which show his faith.
Of what is the poet thinking when he speaks of the "restless sands' incessant fall"?
To what mythological characters does he refer when he speaks of the "threads the fatal sisters spun"?
What mythological characters are meant by "the heathen Nine"?
Words and Phrases for Discussion.
"Apollonius"
"Hermes"
"Egypt's Amun"
"Surrey hills"
"silhouette"
"White of Selborne"
"clean-winged hearth."
"Petruchio'a Kate"
"Siena's saint"
"cranes of Nilua"