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... meaning . Recognising this fault in his own work , he wrote an exaggerated imitation of it , a parody of himself at his worst . Here are the first two lines of Nephelidia : From the depth of the dreamy decline of the dawn through a ...
... meaning . Recognising this fault in his own work , he wrote an exaggerated imitation of it , a parody of himself at his worst . Here are the first two lines of Nephelidia : From the depth of the dreamy decline of the dawn through a ...
Page 292
... ( meaning " The Pitiless Fair Lady ' ) is also that of a medieval French poem . v . 4 - meads , meadows . v . 5 - zone , girdle . v . 7 - mannadew , a sweet secretion from the bark of certain trees . v . 8 - grot , cave . v . 9 - latest ...
... ( meaning " The Pitiless Fair Lady ' ) is also that of a medieval French poem . v . 4 - meads , meadows . v . 5 - zone , girdle . v . 7 - mannadew , a sweet secretion from the bark of certain trees . v . 8 - grot , cave . v . 9 - latest ...
Page 299
... meaning uncertain , but probably casual , careless , not thinking about heaven or death ; peers , equals ( equally powerful men , or possibly horses ) . 1. 14 - fettle , put in order ; sandal , Hopkins ' pity and tenderness touch even ...
... meaning uncertain , but probably casual , careless , not thinking about heaven or death ; peers , equals ( equally powerful men , or possibly horses ) . 1. 14 - fettle , put in order ; sandal , Hopkins ' pity and tenderness touch even ...
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