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... light , a glory , a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the earth— And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice , of its own birth , Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! - O pure of heart ! thou need'st not ask ...
... light , a glory , a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the earth— And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice , of its own birth , Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! - O pure of heart ! thou need'st not ask ...
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... light . Though wise men at their end know dark is right , Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night . Good men , the last wave by , crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a ...
... light . Though wise men at their end know dark is right , Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night . Good men , the last wave by , crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a ...
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... light , 480 The angelic spirits leave the dead bodies , And appear in their own forms of light . Till rising from the same , Full many shapes , that shadows were , In crimson colors came . A little distance from the prow Those crimson ...
... light , 480 The angelic spirits leave the dead bodies , And appear in their own forms of light . Till rising from the same , Full many shapes , that shadows were , In crimson colors came . A little distance from the prow Those crimson ...
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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