One of the Dangerous Trades: Essays on the Work and Workings of PoetryAn examination of the poet's place in society as seen by a poet who is also a publisher. |
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... Trees , where you sit , shall crowd into a shade ; Where'er you tread , the blushing flowers shall rise , And all things flourish where you turn your eyes . How regulated poetry becomes when every gesture per- formed by nature takes on ...
... Trees , where you sit , shall crowd into a shade ; Where'er you tread , the blushing flowers shall rise , And all things flourish where you turn your eyes . How regulated poetry becomes when every gesture per- formed by nature takes on ...
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... trees Too much alike to mark or name a place by So as to say for certain I was here Or somewhere else : I was just far from home . A small bird flew before me . He was careful To put a tree between us when he lighted , And say no word ...
... trees Too much alike to mark or name a place by So as to say for certain I was here Or somewhere else : I was just far from home . A small bird flew before me . He was careful To put a tree between us when he lighted , And say no word ...
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... trees , trees like those which , in " The Sound of Trees , " had sounded over the house in Derry , trees " too much alike " to let the speaker know " whether I was here or somewhere else . " When the bird hides from the walker he puts ...
... trees , trees like those which , in " The Sound of Trees , " had sounded over the house in Derry , trees " too much alike " to let the speaker know " whether I was here or somewhere else . " When the bird hides from the walker he puts ...
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One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
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