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... described the life of man as " a self- evolving circle , which , from a ring imperceptibly small , rushes on all sides outward to new and larger circles , ” he marked that special quality that the poet , above ordinary men , cultivates ...
... described the life of man as " a self- evolving circle , which , from a ring imperceptibly small , rushes on all sides outward to new and larger circles , ” he marked that special quality that the poet , above ordinary men , cultivates ...
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... described . Other poems partially retract this absurd commitment to the absolute sinlessness of the female sex . The children of nature in " An Indian Story , " " Monument Mountain , " and " The Strange Lady " -all Indian maidens - are ...
... described . Other poems partially retract this absurd commitment to the absolute sinlessness of the female sex . The children of nature in " An Indian Story , " " Monument Mountain , " and " The Strange Lady " -all Indian maidens - are ...
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... described as " the best- natured and most amiable of satirists " 26 ) , Bryant offered to his audiences a wealth of information on lives and works , an im- pressive accumulation of significant quotations , and a relatively balanced ...
... described as " the best- natured and most amiable of satirists " 26 ) , Bryant offered to his audiences a wealth of information on lives and works , an im- pressive accumulation of significant quotations , and a relatively balanced ...
Contents
Chronology | 13 |
The Poems of Nature | 39 |
The Poem of Death | 65 |
Copyright | |
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