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... loss of something treasured ; of the eternal search . But of this how much can be raised to the surface and examined ... loss may be examined in at least three aspects , and these I list in the ascending order of their im- portance ...
... loss of something treasured ; of the eternal search . But of this how much can be raised to the surface and examined ... loss may be examined in at least three aspects , and these I list in the ascending order of their im- portance ...
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... loss of beloved persons . Chapter One , in particular , dealt with the loss of his sons . And yet , I hazard , the pain of Ceres , her suffering at the hands of " gloomy Dis , " recalled most poig- nantly these tragedies of his own life ...
... loss of beloved persons . Chapter One , in particular , dealt with the loss of his sons . And yet , I hazard , the pain of Ceres , her suffering at the hands of " gloomy Dis , " recalled most poig- nantly these tragedies of his own life ...
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... loss of Proserpine , ” lines which expressed for him a sense of the loss of something beloved , beautiful , and sought throughout the world , we have another state of mind characteristic of Arnold . If one looked at none of his poems ...
... loss of Proserpine , ” lines which expressed for him a sense of the loss of something beloved , beautiful , and sought throughout the world , we have another state of mind characteristic of Arnold . If one looked at none of his poems ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE Introduction | 13 |
The Pathos of Young Death | 34 |
The Manifold Sorrow of Man | 52 |
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