The World's Best Poetry ...John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard J. D. Morris, 1904 - English poetry |
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... comes as a revelation in our inspired moments . 66 In spite of all this the study of poetry has an important function , and it is the purpose of this article to show how to use it most effectively . Poetry is one of the most difficult ...
... comes as a revelation in our inspired moments . 66 In spite of all this the study of poetry has an important function , and it is the purpose of this article to show how to use it most effectively . Poetry is one of the most difficult ...
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... come of itself in a community perfectly organized . The prose of life is honest living , a worthy endeavor to do the best one can in the world as it is ; the poetry of life is the feeling for , and the striving after , the bringing of ...
... come of itself in a community perfectly organized . The prose of life is honest living , a worthy endeavor to do the best one can in the world as it is ; the poetry of life is the feeling for , and the striving after , the bringing of ...
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... come to the poetry of the higher imagination , where he can be forgetful of the mere form and disdainful of the merely logical relations , where his spirit can as it were see face to face the truth beyond the seeming . This is the ...
... come to the poetry of the higher imagination , where he can be forgetful of the mere form and disdainful of the merely logical relations , where his spirit can as it were see face to face the truth beyond the seeming . This is the ...
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... come by assimilation rather than by analysis . Poetry parallels the real with the ideal to make a harmony before un- dreamed of . So in the lines sound re - echoes sound , and a subtle music but half perceived sings itself out of the ...
... come by assimilation rather than by analysis . Poetry parallels the real with the ideal to make a harmony before un- dreamed of . So in the lines sound re - echoes sound , and a subtle music but half perceived sings itself out of the ...
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... comes a hungry people " ; " Knowledge comes , but wisdom lingers . " ( 2 ) How long an interval elapsed between the writing of the above two poems ? Does any change in style or trend of thought indicate the lapse of time ? The earlier ...
... comes a hungry people " ; " Knowledge comes , but wisdom lingers . " ( 2 ) How long an interval elapsed between the writing of the above two poems ? Does any change in style or trend of thought indicate the lapse of time ? The earlier ...
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