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... light fell off in hoary flakes , When they reared . Even an inexperienced reader should sense that this sentence is less well written , although the words are those of the original . Its tone is matter - of - fact : the mystery and the ...
... light fell off in hoary flakes , When they reared . Even an inexperienced reader should sense that this sentence is less well written , although the words are those of the original . Its tone is matter - of - fact : the mystery and the ...
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... light of Phoebus ' twilight lamp is thine ; ( A privacy of glorious light is thine Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony , with instinct more divine ; Type of the wise who soar , but never roam ; ( Philosopher ! who ...
... light of Phoebus ' twilight lamp is thine ; ( A privacy of glorious light is thine Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony , with instinct more divine ; Type of the wise who soar , but never roam ; ( Philosopher ! who ...
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... light wind lives or dies ; And full - grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn ; Hedge - crickets sing ; and now with treble soft The redbreast whistles from a garden - croft , And gathering swallows twitter in the skies . FROM HYPERION ...
... light wind lives or dies ; And full - grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn ; Hedge - crickets sing ; and now with treble soft The redbreast whistles from a garden - croft , And gathering swallows twitter in the skies . FROM HYPERION ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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