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... thee ' mid thy store . What wanderer hath not seen thee ' mid thy store . ( Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store ? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find ( squatting ) Thee sitting ( sprawling ) careless on a granary floor , ( Thy ...
... thee ' mid thy store . What wanderer hath not seen thee ' mid thy store . ( Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store ? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find ( squatting ) Thee sitting ( sprawling ) careless on a granary floor , ( Thy ...
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... thee up To set thee on the summit of the world , ( To lift thee far above this hill of stones , And set thee by Jove's side There where a god should sit And place thee by the gods Wishers were ever fools . Yet come a little , - O ! come ...
... thee up To set thee on the summit of the world , ( To lift thee far above this hill of stones , And set thee by Jove's side There where a god should sit And place thee by the gods Wishers were ever fools . Yet come a little , - O ! come ...
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... thee , " Give me immortality . " Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile , Like wealthy men who care not how they give . But thy strong Hours indignant worked their wills , And beat me down and marred and wasted me , And though ...
... thee , " Give me immortality . " Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile , Like wealthy men who care not how they give . But thy strong Hours indignant worked their wills , And beat me down and marred and wasted me , And though ...
Contents
ENRICHMENT | 16 |
POETRY AND PROSE | 33 |
THE MECHANICS OF POETRY | 49 |
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