DANEESHA MURRAIN
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Sep 27
The Sublime of England in 1819
“England in 1819” by Percy Shelley “Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay; Religion, Christless, Godless-a book sealed; A Senate, Time’s worst statute, unrepealed, Are graves, from which a glorious Phantom may Burst, to illuminate our tempestuous day” (Lines 10-14) Burke defines the sublime as something that is compelling and a great sight …