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... light , All calm as it was bright- it is the mystic's matter - of - factness in talking of his strange other- worldly insights that gives his poetry its most impressive quality . Much of Vaughan's poetry is conventionally ingenious in ...
... light , All calm as it was bright- it is the mystic's matter - of - factness in talking of his strange other- worldly insights that gives his poetry its most impressive quality . Much of Vaughan's poetry is conventionally ingenious in ...
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... light , and light was over all , " Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon , When she deserts the night , Hid in her vacant interlunar cave . . . . The Chorus , in a similar varied measure ...
... light , and light was over all , " Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon , When she deserts the night , Hid in her vacant interlunar cave . . . . The Chorus , in a similar varied measure ...
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... light by which men can achieve worthy things . Scriptural law does not govern the whole of life ; there are numerous matters not dealt with by Scripture to be considered and weighed by reasonable Christian men and agreed upon in the ...
... light by which men can achieve worthy things . Scriptural law does not govern the whole of life ; there are numerous matters not dealt with by Scripture to be considered and weighed by reasonable Christian men and agreed upon in the ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
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THE VICTORIAN POETS 993 | 13 |
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