Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... death , ( he is shot in the abdomen , ) I stanch the blood temporarily , ( the youngster's face is white as a lily , ) Then before I depart I sweep my eyes o'er the scene fain to absorb it all , Faces , varieties , postures beyond ...
... death , ( he is shot in the abdomen , ) I stanch the blood temporarily , ( the youngster's face is white as a lily , ) Then before I depart I sweep my eyes o'er the scene fain to absorb it all , Faces , varieties , postures beyond ...
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... death and general love into one dark blossom . I don't know why you read it , but I read it because I like it . I want poetry to make me happy , but the poetry I want should deal with the hell of our lives or else it leaves me cold ...
... death and general love into one dark blossom . I don't know why you read it , but I read it because I like it . I want poetry to make me happy , but the poetry I want should deal with the hell of our lives or else it leaves me cold ...
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... death , as long as I can share with them the human death ; but everywhere I go among the living I find them dying each by each a small petty death in the midst of their precious brief lives . So I ascended to the ancient ruins of the ...
... death , as long as I can share with them the human death ; but everywhere I go among the living I find them dying each by each a small petty death in the midst of their precious brief lives . So I ascended to the ancient ruins of the ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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