Poems in English: 1530 - 1940 |
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... sense of constraint rather than a sense of freedom in the demands of urban gentility . They lifted their eyes from the gentlemanly limitations imposed on their horizon to contemplate with a certain fascination the world of " gothic ...
... sense of constraint rather than a sense of freedom in the demands of urban gentility . They lifted their eyes from the gentlemanly limitations imposed on their horizon to contemplate with a certain fascination the world of " gothic ...
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... sense of movement in the poem , too : the poet states in the fourth verse ( the last of the introduction ) that he is going to bring his poem as an offering to the Infant Christ , " preventing " ( i.e. , going before ) the Wise Men from ...
... sense of movement in the poem , too : the poet states in the fourth verse ( the last of the introduction ) that he is going to bring his poem as an offering to the Infant Christ , " preventing " ( i.e. , going before ) the Wise Men from ...
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... sense of the horror of dissolution and the terror of new birth . The sense of the falling apart of the old system is brilliantly communicated by the image of the falcon turning in ever wider circles as it soars out of reach of the ...
... sense of the horror of dissolution and the terror of new birth . The sense of the falling apart of the old system is brilliantly communicated by the image of the falcon turning in ever wider circles as it soars out of reach of the ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY 15161547 | 12 |
Come sleep O sleep the certain knot of peace 15 Stella oft sees the very face of woe | 18 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. Housman aesthetic distance auld lang syne beauty beneath birds bless breast breath bright charms Danny Deever dark dead dear death doth earth emotion English English poetry eyes face fair fate fear flowers give grace grave green Grongar Hill hair hand hath head hear heart Heaven imagery images kind kings Lady of Shalott leaves light live look Lord lovers Lycidas mind mood morning Mother Muse ne'er never night nymph o'er once pain passion pleasure poem poet poetic poetry praise pride rhyme rise rose round Scholar Gipsy sense shade shine sigh sing sleep smile song sonnet soul sound spirit stanza stars sweet sylphs symbol tears Thalestris thee thine things thought toil verse voice W. H. Auden weep wind wings youth ΙΟ ΙΟ