The Poetical Works Of Aubrey De Vere The Search After Proserpine And Other Poems Classical And Meditative New Ed

Author : Aubrey De Vere
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ISBN 13 : 9781331148340
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book The Search After Proserpine and Other Poems written by Aubrey De Vere and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Search After Proserpine and Other Poems: Classical and Meditative Of all the beautiful fictions of Greek Mythology, there are few more exquisite than the story of Proserpine, and none deeper in symbolical meaning. Considering the fable with reference to the physical world, Bacon says, in his 'Wisdom of the Ancients, ' that by the Rape of Proserpine is signified the disappearance of flowers at the end of the year, when the vital juices are, as it were, drawn down to the central darkness, and held there in bondage. Following up this view of the subject, the Search of her Mother, sad and unavailing as it was, would seem no fit emblem of Autumn and the restless melancholy of the season; while the hope with which the Goddess was finally cheered may perhaps remind us of that unexpected return of fine weather which occurs so frequently, like an omen of Spring, just before Winter closes in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.