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... less and less characteristic of love poetry . Instead , we hear a new note of virile self - confidence . . . " ' Lament ' and the ' new note of virile self - confidence ' are the codes which defined what Cowley was able to say . III The ...
... less and less characteristic of love poetry . Instead , we hear a new note of virile self - confidence . . . " ' Lament ' and the ' new note of virile self - confidence ' are the codes which defined what Cowley was able to say . III The ...
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... less his Mind , Did , Deluge - like , the nat'ural forms deface , And brought forth unknown Monsters in their place . ( P , 374 ) Again , the image of a violently destructive deluge recalls Denham , and this swamping of rationality is ...
... less his Mind , Did , Deluge - like , the nat'ural forms deface , And brought forth unknown Monsters in their place . ( P , 374 ) Again , the image of a violently destructive deluge recalls Denham , and this swamping of rationality is ...
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... less painful work afford ; Less exercise his Patience , or his Sword ; So long her Conqueror Fortunes spight pursu'd ; Till with unwearied Virtue he subdu'd All homebred Malice , and all forreign boasts ; Their strength was Armies , his ...
... less painful work afford ; Less exercise his Patience , or his Sword ; So long her Conqueror Fortunes spight pursu'd ; Till with unwearied Virtue he subdu'd All homebred Malice , and all forreign boasts ; Their strength was Armies , his ...
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