29.3k views
4 votes
Select the correct text in the passage. Which example best demonstrates the neoclassical style used in poetry during the age of reason? 1. If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee, If ever wite was happy in a man, Compare with me ye women if you can. 2. Arise, my soul, on wings enrapturd, rise To praise the monarch of the earth and skies, Whose goodness and beneficence appear As round its centre moves the rolling year, Or when the morning glows with rosy charms, Or the sun slumbers in the ocean's arms: Of light divine be a rich portion lent To guide my soul, and favour my intent. 3. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the maskl 4. I caught a tremendous fish and held him beside the boat half out of water, with my hook fast in a corner of his mouth. He didn't fight. He hadn't fought at all. He hung a grunting weight, battered and venerable and homely. Here and there his brown skin hung in strips​

User Nico Kaag
by
7.5k points

1 Answer

6 votes

Answer:

3. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask.

User Marsouf
by
9.0k points