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... verse where " the year's best sweets , ' that is the loveliest flowers or foliage of the four seasons , are pictured as offering themselves to adorn his grave . Again , to a modern reader " the year's best sweets " is at first reading ...
... verse where " the year's best sweets , ' that is the loveliest flowers or foliage of the four seasons , are pictured as offering themselves to adorn his grave . Again , to a modern reader " the year's best sweets " is at first reading ...
Page 94
... verse in 1765 , informs us that Collins's ode was " written in an excursion to Richmond by water . " Given the hint we should perceive that we have to do with verses patterned on an actual river - excursion , that they compose a piece ...
... verse in 1765 , informs us that Collins's ode was " written in an excursion to Richmond by water . " Given the hint we should perceive that we have to do with verses patterned on an actual river - excursion , that they compose a piece ...
Page 95
... verse three the harp's sound swells at distance . The next verse , which talks of " suspending the dashing oar , " suggests that the boat is now nearer and slower to prolong the culminating moment . In the sixth verse the boat has ...
... verse three the harp's sound swells at distance . The next verse , which talks of " suspending the dashing oar , " suggests that the boat is now nearer and slower to prolong the culminating moment . In the sixth verse the boat has ...
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