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Page 133
... suggests sound and conveys activity ; ' the silent night ' suggests the inactivity to which this activity has reduced that on which it works . ' Prone ' gives stasis , the ' dripping eave ' flux ; likewise , with the ' dumb cascade ...
... suggests sound and conveys activity ; ' the silent night ' suggests the inactivity to which this activity has reduced that on which it works . ' Prone ' gives stasis , the ' dripping eave ' flux ; likewise , with the ' dumb cascade ...
Page 195
... suggests ' since ' : that is , the lines mean , ' If our forefathers the Druids could do it , why cannot we ? ' Only now does the stanza turn to the Christian abrogation of such images , and it does so in curiously inert , legalistic ...
... suggests ' since ' : that is , the lines mean , ' If our forefathers the Druids could do it , why cannot we ? ' Only now does the stanza turn to the Christian abrogation of such images , and it does so in curiously inert , legalistic ...
Page 198
... suggests that Cowper is glancing away from the object without really focusing on the alternatives . Having introduced the Dodona oaks without sufficient thought , he cannot get rid of them , and has to talk of them as revealing the past ...
... suggests that Cowper is glancing away from the object without really focusing on the alternatives . Having introduced the Dodona oaks without sufficient thought , he cannot get rid of them , and has to talk of them as revealing the past ...
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