Wordsworth to TennysonH. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1913 |
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... poet ceased to sing unless to an inner circle , what wisdom still , what understanding of the soul of things ! The priest remained , with the inherent sanctity which had justified his original investiture with the poet's mantle . We ...
... poet ceased to sing unless to an inner circle , what wisdom still , what understanding of the soul of things ! The priest remained , with the inherent sanctity which had justified his original investiture with the poet's mantle . We ...
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... poet's mantle . Nature had bestowed the gift of verse upon him as his proper mode of expression ; and he used it as ... poet or thinker with a fondness like his for vagueness , ragged ends . Nothing of that is here ; not one incident ...
... poet's mantle . Nature had bestowed the gift of verse upon him as his proper mode of expression ; and he used it as ... poet or thinker with a fondness like his for vagueness , ragged ends . Nothing of that is here ; not one incident ...
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... poet's pen from the field of Blenheim , watered with the blood of murdered myriads : 5 Why , ' twas a very wicked thing ! ' Said little Wilhelmine . Nay , nay , my little girl , ' quoth he , ' It was a famous victory ! ' 4 6 The theme ...
... poet's pen from the field of Blenheim , watered with the blood of murdered myriads : 5 Why , ' twas a very wicked thing ! ' Said little Wilhelmine . Nay , nay , my little girl , ' quoth he , ' It was a famous victory ! ' 4 6 The theme ...
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... poet might well argue that such attempts at an explanation are insufficient . I do not flatter myself that he would be ... poet's readers , charm he never so wisely , take fire unless from the kindling of fuel in the singer's own breast ...
... poet might well argue that such attempts at an explanation are insufficient . I do not flatter myself that he would be ... poet's readers , charm he never so wisely , take fire unless from the kindling of fuel in the singer's own breast ...
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... poet ; but he had a lofty soul ; and he was a great man of letters . The Poetical Works of Robert Southey . Complete in ... Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo . Proem , st . 21 . 20 The Cataract of Lodore ( Nondescripts , VII ) . SIR WALTER ...
... poet ; but he had a lofty soul ; and he was a great man of letters . The Poetical Works of Robert Southey . Complete in ... Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo . Proem , st . 21 . 20 The Cataract of Lodore ( Nondescripts , VII ) . SIR WALTER ...
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