The Minor Poems in EnglishMacmillan, 1972 - 362 pages |
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... once . What is revived in a new form is , of course , the ancient civilisation of Greece and Rome . Now it is an interesting fact that Englishmen find it easy to doubt the very existence of the Renaissance , to argue that nothing really ...
... once . What is revived in a new form is , of course , the ancient civilisation of Greece and Rome . Now it is an interesting fact that Englishmen find it easy to doubt the very existence of the Renaissance , to argue that nothing really ...
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... once more , O ye laurels , and once more Ye myrtles brown , with ivy never sere , I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude , And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year ... and we seem to be breathing ...
... once more , O ye laurels , and once more Ye myrtles brown , with ivy never sere , I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude , And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year ... and we seem to be breathing ...
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John Milton. VIII Or wert thou that just maid who once before Forsook the hated earth , O tell me sooth And cam'st again to visit us once more ? Or wert thou mercy that sweet smiling youth ? Or that crown'd matron sage white - robed ...
John Milton. VIII Or wert thou that just maid who once before Forsook the hated earth , O tell me sooth And cam'st again to visit us once more ? Or wert thou mercy that sweet smiling youth ? Or that crown'd matron sage white - robed ...
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