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... poet's mind at the time of their composition . Their spirit is singularly pure and noble , in the gaiety of the one there is nothing that is petty , trivial , or base ; in the melancholy of the other , nothing morbid or unworthy . At ...
... poet's mind at the time of their composition . Their spirit is singularly pure and noble , in the gaiety of the one there is nothing that is petty , trivial , or base ; in the melancholy of the other , nothing morbid or unworthy . At ...
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... poet . He realised to the full the greatness of his genius , and he often spoke of it with a frankness which might seem to border on intellectual pride . But this was precisely because he regarded it as a direct gift from God , for the ...
... poet . He realised to the full the greatness of his genius , and he often spoke of it with a frankness which might seem to border on intellectual pride . But this was precisely because he regarded it as a direct gift from God , for the ...
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... poet . What , then , of the poet as poet , and of his place in literature ? Concerning these questions there can be no serious dispute . Next to Shakespeare's , his is the greatest name in the long and glorious annals of our English ...
... poet . What , then , of the poet as poet , and of his place in literature ? Concerning these questions there can be no serious dispute . Next to Shakespeare's , his is the greatest name in the long and glorious annals of our English ...
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On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 24 |
On his having arrived at the Age | 37 |
To the Nightingale | 43 |
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