 O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou...  The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - Page 710edited by - 1902 - 1084 pagesFull view - About this book
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...sterility. Its immortality is a kind of inhumanity. In the final stanza he attempts to reach a conclusion: O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede Of marble...midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'... | |
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...river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent...midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst, 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'... | |
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