The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems
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By Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
27 Feb, 2020
A collection of classic poetry by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. The title poem, Pervigilium Veneris (or The Vigil of Venus) is a poem of uncertain date, variously assigned to the 2nd, 4th or 5th centuries which describes the annual awakening of t
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A collection of classic poetry by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. The title poem, Pervigilium Veneris (or The Vigil of Venus) is a poem of uncertain date, variously assigned to the 2nd, 4th or 5th centuries which describes the annual awakening of the vegetable and animal world through the "benign post-Lucretian" goddess, which contrasts with the tragic isolation of the silent "I" of the poet/speaker against the desolate background of a ruined city, a vision that prompts Andrea Cucchiarelli to note the resemblance of the poem's construction to the cruelty of a dream. Less
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- 2010-08-08
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