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How sweet it were , hearing the downward stream , With half - shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half - dream ! To dream and dream , like yonder amber light , Which will not leave the myrrh - bush on the height ; To hear each ...
How sweet it were , hearing the downward stream , With half - shut eyes ever to seem Falling asleep in a half - dream ! To dream and dream , like yonder amber light , Which will not leave the myrrh - bush on the height ; To hear each ...
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One of Shelley's most celebrated love - lyrics is ' The Indian Serenade ' : I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night , When the winds are breathing low , And the stars are shining bright : I arise from dreams of ...
One of Shelley's most celebrated love - lyrics is ' The Indian Serenade ' : I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night , When the winds are breathing low , And the stars are shining bright : I arise from dreams of ...
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The poet provides the general and popular elements of romance : dreams , sweet sleep , winds ' breathing low ' , bright stars , and so on . And because of the potent emotive quality of these elements , many readers fail to perceive that ...
The poet provides the general and popular elements of romance : dreams , sweet sleep , winds ' breathing low ' , bright stars , and so on . And because of the potent emotive quality of these elements , many readers fail to perceive that ...
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| Title | Literature and Criticism A Pelican book |
| Author | H. Coombes |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 190 pages |
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