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... imagination and perceptive sympathy . If Bryant speaks to the twentieth cen- tury , he does so purely on his own terms . Though he created his poetry from the two sources from which all poets work- his heart and his experience - and ...
... imagination and perceptive sympathy . If Bryant speaks to the twentieth cen- tury , he does so purely on his own terms . Though he created his poetry from the two sources from which all poets work- his heart and his experience - and ...
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... imagination . “ Let not our feet stumble on the dark mountains of eternal death . " Then there was that prayer for revolution , handed down probably from the time of the Roundheads . " And wilt thou turn , and turn , and overturn , till ...
... imagination . “ Let not our feet stumble on the dark mountains of eternal death . " Then there was that prayer for revolution , handed down probably from the time of the Roundheads . " And wilt thou turn , and turn , and overturn , till ...
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... imagination of , 47 ; attitudes toward sexuality , 55 ; loss of sensitivity of , 62-63 ; early experiences with death , 72 ; prose style , 87 , 121-24 ; dilemma as poet , 108-9 ; view of the role of in- tellect , 111 , 130 ; view of the ...
... imagination of , 47 ; attitudes toward sexuality , 55 ; loss of sensitivity of , 62-63 ; early experiences with death , 72 ; prose style , 87 , 121-24 ; dilemma as poet , 108-9 ; view of the role of in- tellect , 111 , 130 ; view of the ...
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