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... past , forgot by ungrateful men as soon / As done , and so , in a curious way , concrete ingratitudes , and because forgot , devour'd by the monster oblivion . The only way to cheat oblivion is perseverence in good deeds : perseverence ...
... past , forgot by ungrateful men as soon / As done , and so , in a curious way , concrete ingratitudes , and because forgot , devour'd by the monster oblivion . The only way to cheat oblivion is perseverence in good deeds : perseverence ...
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... past , but the past lives in the poet : Joe once more lives between five bells . This statement is extremely curious : we look to the rest of the poem to give it specific meaning , and we find the whole point of the poem is to deny it ...
... past , but the past lives in the poet : Joe once more lives between five bells . This statement is extremely curious : we look to the rest of the poem to give it specific meaning , and we find the whole point of the poem is to deny it ...
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... past corroboree , murmur a broken chant . The hunter is gone : the spear is splintered underground ; the painted bodies a dream the world breathed sleeping and forgot . The nomad feet are still . Only the rider's heart halts at a ...
... past corroboree , murmur a broken chant . The hunter is gone : the spear is splintered underground ; the painted bodies a dream the world breathed sleeping and forgot . The nomad feet are still . Only the rider's heart halts at a ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
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