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Page 152
... stanza were organised by him or by others for their use , those here deliberately minister to him . In this stanza there is again a progression . The fire implies a human hand behind it but one not seen . The welcome of his wife is ...
... stanza were organised by him or by others for their use , those here deliberately minister to him . In this stanza there is again a progression . The fire implies a human hand behind it but one not seen . The welcome of his wife is ...
Page 156
... stanza are arranged , like those of stanzas 5-7 , to suggest the gap between potential and act . The ' rod of empire ' that the hands might have swayed is symbolic : the hands hold the rod , not the empire itself - the whole man does ...
... stanza are arranged , like those of stanzas 5-7 , to suggest the gap between potential and act . The ' rod of empire ' that the hands might have swayed is symbolic : the hands hold the rod , not the empire itself - the whole man does ...
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... stanza , for instance , or ' Relicts of ages ' , in which ' Relicts ' is both the venerable and the pathetic leavings ; but both seem to fall on the admiring side - as is suggested further at the end of the stanza , when the speaker ...
... stanza , for instance , or ' Relicts of ages ' , in which ' Relicts ' is both the venerable and the pathetic leavings ; but both seem to fall on the admiring side - as is suggested further at the end of the stanza , when the speaker ...
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