Adonais
hebrew. a t-tle of reverence for g-d, serving also as a subst-tute pr-nunciation of the tetragrammaton.
historical examples
the poem seems to indicate that urania, slumbering, is not yet aware of the death of adonais.
adonais sh-lley
two quotations from adonais will suffice to show the power and sweetness of its verse.
sh-lley john addington symonds
the ruined paradise is the mind, now torpid in death, of adonais.
adonais sh-lley
adonais lies dead; and those who mourn him, must seek his grave.
sh-lley john addington symonds
at present i mean simply to deal with the argument of adonais.
adonais sh-lley
the last lines of adonais might be read as a prophecy of his own death by drowning.
sh-lley john addington symonds
echo will not now repeat the songs of the woodmen; she merely murmurs some sn-tches of the ‘remembered lay’ of adonais.
adonais sh-lley
i was also more than commonly interested in the success of adonais.
adonais sh-lley
we had not hitherto heard of ‘dreams’ in connexion with urania, but only in connexion with adonais himself.
adonais sh-lley
the poem of adonais can of course be contemplated from different points of view.
adonais sh-lley
noun
(judaism) a name for g-d
old testament word for “g-d,” late 14c., from medieval latin, from hebrew, literally “my lord,” from adon (see adonis) + suffix of 1st person.
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