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Such comparifoos have, by fome writers, beco con·
demned for tho lown<fs of the imar,cs introduced : but
furdy withom re~foo; for, .wirh rcg.,d to l1uOlbm ,
Ihey pur tbe prinCIpal ~ubJeél lo a il looUI:ght. .
Milloo has a pccuhar raleor In embdhOllng Ihe pno·
cipal fubjeé! by arToeialing ir wilh orhers rhal are ~gree.
able' which is rhe rhirJ eud of a eompanfon, SlOlIlcs
of rhis kind have, befide, a fepar'le dfcé! : rhe¡' diver·
fify Ihe namli~n by oew im,lges Ihal are nOI ( .
ceITar)' to Ihe eomparifoo : rhey are fhon eplfodes, whleh,
wilhout drawiog us from the principal fubjd\, affurd
great delight by their beamy and mielY'
He fearee had eeas'd, when Ihe fuperior fieod
Was mOl'iog toward Ihe fhore; his pood 'rous fhield,
Elhereal temper, maITy, large, aod rouod,
Behiod him eall; Ihe broad eireu¡nfmnce
Huog on his fhoulrlers like the 01000, whofe orb
ThrOllgh optie glafs Ihe Tufeao ani(l ,iews
At ev'oiog from the top of Fefole,
Or io Vald.roo, to defery oelV I. ods,
Rivers, or mouotaios, io her fpony globe,
, Mil:on,~, 1,
As wheo a vullUre 00 lmaus bred,
Whofe foowy " dge Ihe roviog Tamr bouods,
DiOodgiog from a regioo fearce of prey
To gorge the Refh of lambs, or yea,¡liog kids,
00 hills where Rocks are fed! Ríes 10warJ Ihe fprings
Of Gaoges or Hydafpes, lodiao II reams,
BUI io his way lighls 00 Ihe barreo plains
Of Serieana, where Chioefes drive
Wilh fails aod wiod Iheir eany waggoos ligh!:
So 00 Ihis wiody fea of land, the liend
Walk'J up aod dowo alooe, beO! 00 hís prey,
JI1i/lon, Ó. 3,
Next of eomparifoos Ihal agr,raodife or elevale. Thefe
aireé! us more Ihao aoy olhrr fon: Ihe r..foo of whieh
will be evidem from Ihe foll owiog io(laoees,
As wheo a flame Ihe wiodiog ",Jley fills,
Aod ruos 00 eraekliog fhrubs belween Ihe hills,
Theo o'er Ihe (lubble up Ihe mOUOlato flies,
Fires Ihe high woods, aod blazes to Ihe tkies,
This way aod thal, Ihe fpreading 10rreOl rom ;
So fweeps Ihe hero Ihrough the wafled fhores,
Arouod him wide, i1l1meofe de(lruaioo pours,
Aod eanh i, delug'J wilh rhe faoguine fhow'rs,
¡liad xx, 569'
MClhioks, Kiog Richard aod myfelf fhould meet
Wilh 00 lefs lerror Ihao Ihe elemeols
Of fire and waler, wheo Iheir Ihuod'riog fh oek,
At meeliog tears the cJoudy ehecks of heaveo,
Richard 11. afl 3· fe, 5,
" As rufheth a foamy (lream from Ihe dark fh,oy
" (leep of Cromla, when Ihuoder is foJling above,
" aod dark browo oight re(ls on Ihe hiJl: Jo fieree,
,. fo I'a(l, lo lerrible, ruO, forward rhe foos of Erio,
" The ehid, like ~ wnale of Oeeao folJowed ny "JI
" il! biJlows, pOllrs valour fonh as a (lre.m, rolJing
" ils mighr ,Ioog Ihe fhore." FU/gol, b J,
The lan anicle nlemiooeo, is Iha! of lelfeoiog or de.
,prelliog a haled or difagreeable objea ; whieh is elreélu.
.aJly dooe by refen;bliog il (o ~r.Y'tbiog 1011' or defpicJble ,
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Thlls Milroo, io his dcfcriplioo of Ihe rOUI of Ihe rebd.
angels, harpily expreOes Iheir lerror aod difmay in rhe
following limile :
----------. Al a herd
Of grlolls or limorous 1I0ek together Ihroog'd,
Drove Ihenl belOre ninl lhunder-ltruek, purfu'd
Wilh Imors and wi lh furies lO Ihe boonds
And cryílal w.11of heav'o, "hieh op'ning wide,
Rowl'd inward, and a fpaeious gap difelos'd
1010 Ihe waOeful deep; Ihe mooflrous fighl
Slrook Ihem wilh hOfl or baekward, blll far wo,fe
Ulg'd Ihem b, hiod ; headlong Ihemfclm Ihey Ihrcw
Dowo from Ihe vergc of Heav'o ,
Millon, b 6,
By Ihis lime Ihe different purpofes of eomparifon,
anolhe I'arious imprdfions il makes 00rhe mind, are rufo
~cieody illufiralcd hy proper cxamples. .{his ",as an ealy
work . It is more dillieull 10 lay Jowo rules aboul Ihe
propriely or improprielYof eompallroos; io \Vhal eireum·
Haoees rhey mal' be iOlrodueed, aod in whal cireum(lao·
ces they are out of place, It is evideol, Ihal a comp.·
riJoo is nOI proper upoo el'ery occafioo : a mao in bis
cool aod . f<darc momeOIS, .is nOI di fpofed 10 pOelical
Righls, oor lo faeriliee trulh and "alily 10 Ihe delufive
operalioos of Ihe imagioalioo: far lefs is he fo difpored,
wheo oppreffcd \Vilh care, or inleretted 10 fome impor.
tanl lraof:,élioo Ihal oceupies him 101.11),. O" lhe other
haod , ;1 is obfcrvable, Ihal a mao, ·\Vh, o elevaled or a·
ninlOled by any p.Oioo, is difpored 10 elevare or ~nimale
..11 his lubjeéis : he ,voids (amili.. oames, exahs ohjeé!s
by ei reumloeution aoo lIleraphor, aod gives eveo lif, and
volUIII<l1y"élioo 10 in.llimat< beiogs, lo Ihis warmlh of
miod, II,e highe(l poc<ieal Righls are iodulged, aod Ihe
bolden fimiles and owaphors relifhed, BUI ,,~rhnul
foaTing fo high, Ihe mind is freqllendy io a looe 10 re·
lifh ehaHe aod moderd!e ornameot; fueh as eomparifoos
thal fel Ihe prioeipal objea io a (lroog POiOl of view, or
that embeJlifh aod diverfify Ihe narrarioo, 10 geoera),
wheo by aoy aoimaliog pallioo, whelher pleafdol or paio·
fui , an impulfe ís gi reo 10 the imagir.alioo; we are ID
that eoodltioo difpofed 10 every fon of figuralive cxpref.
fioo, aod io panicular 10 compari(,lfls, This in a ¡¡real
meafure is evidenl from Ihe comparifoos already meo·
tiooed; and fh. 1I be fu nher illuHraled by Olher io(laoees,
Love, for example, in ils ief,oey, rouGog Ihe imagioa·
lion, promps Ihe hcan lO difplay ilCelf io figuralil': lao·
guage, . od io fimiles :
TroiluJ. Tell me, Apollo, for Ihy Oaphoe's love,
Whal C"lIid is, what Paodar, aod wh. t we!
Her bcd is Iodia, Iherc'fhe Iies, a pearl:
Belweeo our lIium, and whcre fhe refides,
Let il be eall'd Ihe wild aod \V.odering Rood ;
Ourfelf the merehaol, aod Ibis failing Paodar
Our doublful ho~e, our coovoy, and our bark,
TroilUJ OItdü'jJi./a, afl 1, [C, 1,
Agaio:
Come, geotle Night ; come, Ioviog bl~ck.brow'd
Nighr !
Give me my Romeo; and, wheo he fhall die,
Take him, aod eul him OUI in lillle (lm,
Aod he \ViII Olake Ihe of beav'n fo line,
Thl!