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Page 56
... feet , his instruments of locomo- tion , that are the object of attention , the substitute - image for the messenger himself : How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him 56 / THE ACT OF POETRY.
... feet , his instruments of locomo- tion , that are the object of attention , the substitute - image for the messenger himself : How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him 56 / THE ACT OF POETRY.
Page 88
... feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street , But not to call me back or say good - by ; And further still at an unearthly height , One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong ...
... feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street , But not to call me back or say good - by ; And further still at an unearthly height , One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong ...
Page 109
... feet ? What the hammer ? what the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ? what dread grasp 15 Dare its deadly terrors clasp ? When the stars threw down their spears And watered heaven THE SENSE OF SIGHT / 109.
... feet ? What the hammer ? what the chain ? In what furnace was thy brain ? What the anvil ? what dread grasp 15 Dare its deadly terrors clasp ? When the stars threw down their spears And watered heaven THE SENSE OF SIGHT / 109.
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ancient Mariner beauty bird blood breast breath child cloud cold context Copyright curse dark dead death doth dream E. E. Cummings earth example eyes fear feel flowers hair hands hath hear heard heart heaven human iamb iambic pentameter land language light little birdie live look loud Lycidas man's meaning metaphor mind Moon morning mother move never night o'er object person POEMS FOR COMPARISON poet poet's poetic poetry quatrain rain reader RESPONSE rhyme rhythm Richard Cory RICHARD WILBUR Robert Lowell sails second poem sense sestet ship sigh silent sing slant rhyme sleep smile song sonnet soul sound spirit stanza star strange sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot thee things thou thought trees trochee verbal verse voice W. H. AUDEN walk Wallace Stevens Wedding-Guest WILLIAM BLAKE wind words youth