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... once , and we know that it is useless to us , and gives us no real pleasure at all . Because what happens in this case is that the poet only gets a vague expression to match his vague experience , and he makes it vague in our minds too ...
... once , and we know that it is useless to us , and gives us no real pleasure at all . Because what happens in this case is that the poet only gets a vague expression to match his vague experience , and he makes it vague in our minds too ...
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... once mine own , By those white cliffs I never more must see , By that dear language which I spake like thec , Forget all feuds , and shed one English tear O'er English dust . A broken heart lies here . LORD MACAULAY . DRAKE'S DRUM DRAKE ...
... once mine own , By those white cliffs I never more must see , By that dear language which I spake like thec , Forget all feuds , and shed one English tear O'er English dust . A broken heart lies here . LORD MACAULAY . DRAKE'S DRUM DRAKE ...
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... once , in winter , on the causeway chill Where home through flooded fields foot - travellers go , Have I not pass'd thee on the wooden bridge Wrapt in thy cloak and battling with the snow , Thy face toward Hinksey and its wintry ridge ...
... once , in winter , on the causeway chill Where home through flooded fields foot - travellers go , Have I not pass'd thee on the wooden bridge Wrapt in thy cloak and battling with the snow , Thy face toward Hinksey and its wintry ridge ...
Contents
Editors Introduction | 15 |
From Songs of Innocence William Blake | 29 |
Raptures W H Davies | 35 |
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