Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 80
... mere size , abstractly considered -there can be nothing in mere bulk , so far as a volume is concerned , which has so continuously elicited admiration from these saturnine pamphlets ! A mountain , to be sure , by the mere sentiment of ...
... mere size , abstractly considered -there can be nothing in mere bulk , so far as a volume is concerned , which has so continuously elicited admiration from these saturnine pamphlets ! A mountain , to be sure , by the mere sentiment of ...
Page 155
... merely combinations of the speci- fied ; and , although this assertion is rigidly true , I will , to avoid mis ... mere number : one line would be twice as long as another ; then one would be some less obvious multiple of another ; then ...
... merely combinations of the speci- fied ; and , although this assertion is rigidly true , I will , to avoid mis ... mere number : one line would be twice as long as another ; then one would be some less obvious multiple of another ; then ...
Page 158
... merely a proximate equality between the first syllable of " dutiful " and that of “ beautiful ” ; and it may be ... merely to | madden it ? These are two dactylic lines in which we find natural feet ( “ Deity , ” " mannikin " ) , feet ...
... merely a proximate equality between the first syllable of " dutiful " and that of “ beautiful ” ; and it may be ... merely to | madden it ? These are two dactylic lines in which we find natural feet ( “ Deity , ” " mannikin " ) , feet ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
Copyright | |
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