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... strong lines ' , compact with meaning ; they have an air of self - assurance and poise ; and , like the blank - verse passages , they ' see life whole ' . It is this combination of qualities , not borrowings from Catullus and the Greek ...
... strong lines ' , compact with meaning ; they have an air of self - assurance and poise ; and , like the blank - verse passages , they ' see life whole ' . It is this combination of qualities , not borrowings from Catullus and the Greek ...
Page 170
... strong wind . When , in the blessed hours Of early love , the loved one at my side , I roamed , in daily presence of this scene , Upon the naked pool and dreary crags , And on the melancholy beacon , fell A spirit of pleasure and ...
... strong wind . When , in the blessed hours Of early love , the loved one at my side , I roamed , in daily presence of this scene , Upon the naked pool and dreary crags , And on the melancholy beacon , fell A spirit of pleasure and ...
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... strong , Ere I had learned the recompense of song . In the dim days I trembled , for I knew God was above me , always frowning through , And God was terrible and thunder - blue . Creeds the discoloured awed my opening mind , Perils ...
... strong , Ere I had learned the recompense of song . In the dim days I trembled , for I knew God was above me , always frowning through , And God was terrible and thunder - blue . Creeds the discoloured awed my opening mind , Perils ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
With hym ther was his sone a yong Squier | 7 |
BALLADS | 13 |
Copyright | |
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alliteration beauty bird blank verse blood breath bright charm clouds colour conveyed couplet dance dark dead death delight Donne doth dream earth effect English English Poetry eternal experience expression eyes F. R. Leavis fair fear feeling flowers Gerard Manley Hopkins give grace hath hear heart heaven human imagination James McAuley Jonson Judith Wright Keats king King Lear kiss L. C. Knights leaves light lines lips living look Lord lovers Lycidas Macbeth Milton mind moon nature never night o'er passage passion phrase play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry reality realized rhyme rhythm rich satiric Scholar Gipsy seems sense Shakespeare sing sleep soft song soul sound spirit spring stanza stars strong suggestion surprising sweet T. S. Eliot TAMBURLAINE tears Tell thee theme things thou thought tone trees turn verse vision vitality voice VOLPONE wind words youth