Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Edgar Allan Poe Louis Untermeyer. by no means sure that the god was in the right . I am by no means certain that the true limits of the critical duty are not grossly mis- understood . Excellence , in a poem especially , may be considered ...
Edgar Allan Poe Louis Untermeyer. by no means sure that the god was in the right . I am by no means certain that the true limits of the critical duty are not grossly mis- understood . Excellence , in a poem especially , may be considered ...
Page 149
... means is , assuredly , not the means . English grammar and the end contemplated by English gram- mar are two matters sufficiently distinct ; nor can the one be more reasonably regarded as the other than a fishing - hook as a fish . The ...
... means is , assuredly , not the means . English grammar and the end contemplated by English gram- mar are two matters sufficiently distinct ; nor can the one be more reasonably regarded as the other than a fishing - hook as a fish . The ...
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... mean , that Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem . A few words , however , in elucidation of my real meaning ... means best adapted for their attain- ment - no one as yet having been weak enough to deny that the pecu- liar ...
... mean , that Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem . A few words , however , in elucidation of my real meaning ... means best adapted for their attain- ment - no one as yet having been weak enough to deny that the pecu- liar ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
Copyright | |
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