..."some traces of the divine image still remain in us."20 Samson Agonistes: The Breath Of Heaven Sam. A little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark...when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toyl, Daily in the common Prison else enjoyn'd me, Where I a Prisoner chain'd, scarce freely draw The...

...from Samson Agonistes that makes his twelve-year-old daughter an Antigone leading the blind Oedipus: A LITTLE onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on!1 Wordsworth suffered from severe eye-strain and feared to go blind. The fact is alluded to when...

...HARAFA DI GATH UN PUBBLICO UFFICIALE UN MESSO CORO DI DANITI La scena: di fronte alla prigione di Gaza A little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark...when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toyl, Daily in the common Prison else enjoyn'd me, Where I a Prisoner chain'd, scarce freely draw The...

...little onward lend thy guiding land To these dark sleps, a little further on; For yonder lank bath choice of Sun or shade, There I am wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toyl Daily in the common Prison else enjoyn'dme, Where I a Prisoner chain d, scarce freely draw The...

...Prison in Gaza SAMSON AGONISTES SAMSON A litde onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a litde further on, For yonder bank hath choice of sun or...prison else enjoined me, Where I, a prisoner chained, scarcely freely draw The air, imprisoned also, close and damp, Unwholesome draught. But here 1 feel...

...recovers as his locks grow forcefully again. Thus the play begins with Samson's demand for guidance: "A little onward lend thy guiding hand /To these dark steps, a little further on" (1-2). His despair at the loss of direction — of destiny, purpose, guidance — recurs throughout...

...and AS Walpole I Euripides, Hecuba lLondon, 1922!, n. at 1050i quote Milton's Samson Aaonistes, 1-2: A little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on. 1055 sd: ckkgklema: this stage machine was a platform on wheels that could be pushed through the central...

...dramatic poem arises from the constant harping on death, even from Samson's metaphoric first lines: A little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on; . . . here leave me to respire. (1-2,11) The similes denoting Samson's final moving from the dungeon...

...Milton's Samson that harks back to the figure of blind Oedipus being led by his daughter Antigone: A Little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on! (DC p. 215) This is certainly a promising start for an investigation of gender relations. Yet Wordsworth...

...visual effects that a stage play would have offered. The blind Samson utters in the opening verses: A little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on From yonder bank hath choice of Sun or shade, There am I wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me from...