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... Thou Actor , perfect in all tragic sounds ! Thou mighty Poet , e'en to frenzy bold ! What tell'st thou now about ? ' Tis of the rushing of an host in rout , With groans , of trampled men , with smarting wounds- At once they groan with ...
... Thou Actor , perfect in all tragic sounds ! Thou mighty Poet , e'en to frenzy bold ! What tell'st thou now about ? ' Tis of the rushing of an host in rout , With groans , of trampled men , with smarting wounds- At once they groan with ...
Page 105
... thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves , or none , or few , do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold , Bare ruined choirs , where late the sweet birds sang . In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset ...
... thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves , or none , or few , do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold , Bare ruined choirs , where late the sweet birds sang . In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset ...
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... thou art changed ! I dare not look on thee ; I feel but see thee not . I scarce endure The radiance of thy beauty . Some good change Is working in the elements , which suffer Thy presence thus unveiled . The Nereids tell That on the day ...
... thou art changed ! I dare not look on thee ; I feel but see thee not . I scarce endure The radiance of thy beauty . Some good change Is working in the elements , which suffer Thy presence thus unveiled . The Nereids tell That on the day ...
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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