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... breath ; It fluttered and failed : Tonight it is hailed In the vast hall of death . Breath failing , her large soul its cabin quit ; Tonight death's vasty hall will welcome it . Her cabined , ample spirit , It fluttered and failed for ...
... breath ; It fluttered and failed : Tonight it is hailed In the vast hall of death . Breath failing , her large soul its cabin quit ; Tonight death's vasty hall will welcome it . Her cabined , ample spirit , It fluttered and failed for ...
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James Harry Smith. The con- voice - producing organs in obstruction to the breath , and holding so for a moment until the breath breaks through . sonants thus pronounced are called explosive . Between these two classes are letters like h ...
James Harry Smith. The con- voice - producing organs in obstruction to the breath , and holding so for a moment until the breath breaks through . sonants thus pronounced are called explosive . Between these two classes are letters like h ...
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James Harry Smith. The breezy call of incense - breathing Morn , The swallow twitt'ring from the straw - built shed ... breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust , Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? * Perhaps in ...
James Harry Smith. The breezy call of incense - breathing Morn , The swallow twitt'ring from the straw - built shed ... breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust , Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? * Perhaps in ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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