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Page 184
... leaves displace those symbols long thought of as fit for Poetry because it , too , matures not to die but live on . It is Lycidas ' garland which , like his poetic promise , is cut while it is still harsh and unready ; everything in the ...
... leaves displace those symbols long thought of as fit for Poetry because it , too , matures not to die but live on . It is Lycidas ' garland which , like his poetic promise , is cut while it is still harsh and unready ; everything in the ...
Page 252
... leaves in harmony ; but they are still there . The leaves may , even , still be joyous . Two facts about " nature " become visible : a desolating unconcern with man , implicit in her ability to renew her life ; and the fact that the ...
... leaves in harmony ; but they are still there . The leaves may , even , still be joyous . Two facts about " nature " become visible : a desolating unconcern with man , implicit in her ability to renew her life ; and the fact that the ...
Page 327
... Leaves to thy soft layes . " The willows and the hazel copses green will in fact be seen , but they will be seen fanning their joyous leaves to someone else's soft lays , for it is Lycidas who will be “ no more . ” This new meaning does ...
... Leaves to thy soft layes . " The willows and the hazel copses green will in fact be seen , but they will be seen fanning their joyous leaves to someone else's soft lays , for it is Lycidas who will be “ no more . ” This new meaning does ...
Contents
Epitaphium Damonis | 14 |
On the Tradition | 31 |
On the Poem | 60 |
Copyright | |
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