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Page 17
... 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 though his honesty was bountifully rewarded in his ...
... 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 though his honesty was bountifully rewarded in his ...
Page 87
... speaks for the public as opposed to the private interest ; and , through his attack on inequities , he hopes to maintain a stable , democratic social order . A curious negativism in Bryant's position upon many of the great matters which ...
... speaks for the public as opposed to the private interest ; and , through his attack on inequities , he hopes to maintain a stable , democratic social order . A curious negativism in Bryant's position upon many of the great matters which ...
Page 136
... speak to the present and lend his grace or wisdom to the en- richment of our lives in a multitude of ways ; but he requires of us that we see the world as he saw it and that we share , to the limit of our capacity , those ecstatic and ...
... speak to the present and lend his grace or wisdom to the en- richment of our lives in a multitude of ways ; but he requires of us that we see the world as he saw it and that we share , to the limit of our capacity , those ecstatic and ...
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