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... Lycidas , " 1637 . " Lycidas " is our first great elegy ; it has been worthily followed by Shelley in his " Adonais , " and Tennyson in his “ In Memoriam . " Tennyson himself called " Lycidas " a touchstone for poetic taste . The ...
... Lycidas , " 1637 . " Lycidas " is our first great elegy ; it has been worthily followed by Shelley in his " Adonais , " and Tennyson in his “ In Memoriam . " Tennyson himself called " Lycidas " a touchstone for poetic taste . The ...
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... Lycidas " and " Adonais " it is the poet , the man of thought and character , who is lost to the world ; in Tennyson's elegy the personal grief is as present as in David's lament over Jonathan . It is a true hero - worship : and , again ...
... Lycidas " and " Adonais " it is the poet , the man of thought and character , who is lost to the world ; in Tennyson's elegy the personal grief is as present as in David's lament over Jonathan . It is a true hero - worship : and , again ...
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... Lycidas " : son . " So Lycidas sunk low , but mounted high , Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves . * * * * There entertain him all the saints above , In solemn troops , and sweet societies , That sing , and singing in ...
... Lycidas " : son . " So Lycidas sunk low , but mounted high , Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves . * * * * There entertain him all the saints above , In solemn troops , and sweet societies , That sing , and singing in ...
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