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... light and even ribald as well as devotional , urbane or tender as well as sublime - he will be thought of as the greatest English poet between Pope and Wordsworth . ' In the years since , this suggestion has been treated with at best ...
... light and even ribald as well as devotional , urbane or tender as well as sublime - he will be thought of as the greatest English poet between Pope and Wordsworth . ' In the years since , this suggestion has been treated with at best ...
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... Light Divine had human Darkness clear'd ; And his enlarg'd Ideas found the Road , Which Faith had dictated , and Angels trod . To a Lady : She refusing to continue a Dispute with me , and leaving me in the Argument An Ode Spare , gen ...
... Light Divine had human Darkness clear'd ; And his enlarg'd Ideas found the Road , Which Faith had dictated , and Angels trod . To a Lady : She refusing to continue a Dispute with me , and leaving me in the Argument An Ode Spare , gen ...
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... Light disturb , whilst it reveals , But silent Musings urge the Mind to seek Something too high for Syllables to speak ; Till the free Soul , to a compos'dness charm'd , Finding the Elements of Rage disarm'd ( O'er all below a solemn ...
... Light disturb , whilst it reveals , But silent Musings urge the Mind to seek Something too high for Syllables to speak ; Till the free Soul , to a compos'dness charm'd , Finding the Elements of Rage disarm'd ( O'er all below a solemn ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
EOGHAN RUADH O SUILLEBHAIN | 130 |
WILLIAM BLAKE 17571827 | 137 |
Copyright | |
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