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... fire ) And streak the cobbles of their court with fire ( And beat the twilight into flakes of fire . Departest Lo ! ever thus thou growest beautiful In silence ; then , before thine answer given , full of weeping at my words dropping ...
... fire ) And streak the cobbles of their court with fire ( And beat the twilight into flakes of fire . Departest Lo ! ever thus thou growest beautiful In silence ; then , before thine answer given , full of weeping at my words dropping ...
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... fire . XXVI Then , full of grief and vehement anguish , ( till all the ayre he stirrd He [ the dragon ] lowdly brayd , most like an angred herde ; that like was never heard ( hot and deadly mouth he sent ) And from his glowing , smoky ...
... fire . XXVI Then , full of grief and vehement anguish , ( till all the ayre he stirrd He [ the dragon ] lowdly brayd , most like an angred herde ; that like was never heard ( hot and deadly mouth he sent ) And from his glowing , smoky ...
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... fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart ? And , when thy heart began to beat , What dread hand ? and what dread feet ...
... fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire ? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart ? And , when thy heart began to beat , What dread hand ? and what dread feet ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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