The Focal Word: An Introduction to Poetry |
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... voice that comes from the grave , complaining , surprisingly , that he is disturbing her sleep . Then the exaggeration -- an unhealthiness of the spirit - comes into the open in the craving for one kiss of your clay - cold lips : such a ...
... voice that comes from the grave , complaining , surprisingly , that he is disturbing her sleep . Then the exaggeration -- an unhealthiness of the spirit - comes into the open in the craving for one kiss of your clay - cold lips : such a ...
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... voice or hideous humm Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving . Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine , With hollow shreik the steep of Delphos leaving . No nightly trance , or breathed spell , Inspires the pale - ey'd ...
... voice or hideous humm Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving . Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine , With hollow shreik the steep of Delphos leaving . No nightly trance , or breathed spell , Inspires the pale - ey'd ...
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... voice , but all I heard Was a boat's whistle , and the scraping squeal Of seabirds ' voices far away , and bells , Five bells . Five bells coldly ringing out . Five bells . The opening lines , set off from the rest of the poem by ...
... voice , but all I heard Was a boat's whistle , and the scraping squeal Of seabirds ' voices far away , and bells , Five bells . Five bells coldly ringing out . Five bells . The opening lines , set off from the rest of the poem by ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
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