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Page 75
... " the " deep - serried locks , " the rounded clinging finger- tips , and great eyes faint with passion or quivering with . hidden springs of mirth , " As when a bird flies low Between the water DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI . 75.
... " the " deep - serried locks , " the rounded clinging finger- tips , and great eyes faint with passion or quivering with . hidden springs of mirth , " As when a bird flies low Between the water DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI . 75.
Page 90
... casket in spires of flame - lit and curling cloud round her fatal face and mourning veil of hair . The sonnets on Cassandra translate with apt and passionate choice of words the scheme of his greatest tragic design 90 THE POEMS OF.
... casket in spires of flame - lit and curling cloud round her fatal face and mourning veil of hair . The sonnets on Cassandra translate with apt and passionate choice of words the scheme of his greatest tragic design 90 THE POEMS OF.
Page 106
... round the sun . Upon him , as upon two or three other of the leaders of men in time past , the verdict of time has been given before his death . In our com- parison of men with men for worse or better we do not now take into reckoning ...
... round the sun . Upon him , as upon two or three other of the leaders of men in time past , the verdict of time has been given before his death . In our com- parison of men with men for worse or better we do not now take into reckoning ...
Page 108
... round the “ Earthly Paradise " with ships of heroes afloat on it . But for height and range and depth , for diversity and perfection of powers , Mr. Rossetti is abreast of elder poets not less surely than of younger . Again I take to ...
... round the “ Earthly Paradise " with ships of heroes afloat on it . But for height and range and depth , for diversity and perfection of powers , Mr. Rossetti is abreast of elder poets not less surely than of younger . Again I take to ...
Page 146
... round upon their rebukers , and say , " Here is one of us who by your own admission is also one of the great poets ; " and no man can give them the lie ; and the miserable men are confirmed in their faith and practice by the shameful ...
... round upon their rebukers , and say , " Here is one of us who by your own admission is also one of the great poets ; " and no man can give them the lie ; and the miserable men are confirmed in their faith and practice by the shameful ...
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