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Page xxiv
Thomas R. Lounsbury. the judgments of men of different natures can never be reconciled . If the fondness for any one sort of verse chances to be controlling , it is hard for its possessor to do justice to productions of a totally ...
Thomas R. Lounsbury. the judgments of men of different natures can never be reconciled . If the fondness for any one sort of verse chances to be controlling , it is hard for its possessor to do justice to productions of a totally ...
Page xxxi
... never receive the full approv- al , not simply of all lovers of poetry , but of any individual among them . The impossibility of satisfy- ing critics I take for granted , just as I would the impossibility of any one of them satisfying ...
... never receive the full approv- al , not simply of all lovers of poetry , but of any individual among them . The impossibility of satisfy- ing critics I take for granted , just as I would the impossibility of any one of them satisfying ...
Page xxxix
... never saw the South until after he had reached his majority . It is a peculiarity of many of these Civil War poems that their content would frequently fail to re- veal the section of country from which they came . This indeed might ...
... never saw the South until after he had reached his majority . It is a peculiarity of many of these Civil War poems that their content would frequently fail to re- veal the section of country from which they came . This indeed might ...
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... never fail us , Lead us in thy perfect way . In the hour of pain and anguish , In the hour when death draws near , Suffer not our hearts to languish , Suffer not our souls to fear ; And , when mortal life is ended , Bid us in thine arms ...
... never fail us , Lead us in thy perfect way . In the hour of pain and anguish , In the hour when death draws near , Suffer not our hearts to languish , Suffer not our souls to fear ; And , when mortal life is ended , Bid us in thine arms ...
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... never shall the land forget How gushed the life - blood of her brave- Gushed , warm with hope and courage yet , Upon the soil they fought to save . Now all is calm , and fresh , and still ; Alone the chirp of flitting bird , And talk of ...
... never shall the land forget How gushed the life - blood of her brave- Gushed , warm with hope and courage yet , Upon the soil they fought to save . Now all is calm , and fresh , and still ; Alone the chirp of flitting bird , And talk of ...
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