Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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Page 6
... called poetic sense . Farewell ! said he , Minnehaha ! Farewell , O my Laughing Water ! He builded better than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew . This is the forest primeval , the murmuring pines and 6 Introduction.
... called poetic sense . Farewell ! said he , Minnehaha ! Farewell , O my Laughing Water ! He builded better than he knew ; The conscious stone to beauty grew . This is the forest primeval , the murmuring pines and 6 Introduction.
Page 10
... better , perhaps , to use the term strophe , rather than stanza , although the meaning of the two words is essentially the same . Single Stanza Forms . The Sonnet . There are some single stanza forms and other fixed forms of verse which ...
... better , perhaps , to use the term strophe , rather than stanza , although the meaning of the two words is essentially the same . Single Stanza Forms . The Sonnet . There are some single stanza forms and other fixed forms of verse which ...
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... better than the earliest American Verse , which is one of the characteristics of American Literature , due to the fact that it is not original , but derived from the British . The only way to classify Prose Literature is ac- cording to ...
... better than the earliest American Verse , which is one of the characteristics of American Literature , due to the fact that it is not original , but derived from the British . The only way to classify Prose Literature is ac- cording to ...
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... better than my sight , And wished me wings with her awhile to take my flight . O merry bird , said I , that fears no snares , That neither toyles nor hoardes up in the barn , Feels no sad thoughts nor cruciating cares To gain more good ...
... better than my sight , And wished me wings with her awhile to take my flight . O merry bird , said I , that fears no snares , That neither toyles nor hoardes up in the barn , Feels no sad thoughts nor cruciating cares To gain more good ...
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... Better known , and letting us into the very heart of this great man , is the following , written in 1723 , for no eyes but his own , and describing the lady who afterward was his wife :いく― They say there is a young lady in New Haven ...
... Better known , and letting us into the very heart of this great man , is the following , written in 1723 , for no eyes but his own , and describing the lady who afterward was his wife :いく― They say there is a young lady in New Haven ...
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