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Page 99
... desire , the anguish of waiting and , with it , the duller , the deeper , the more hopelessly incurable pain of knowing that every light must set , that life and love are declining , declining , inexorably westering towards the darkness ...
... desire , the anguish of waiting and , with it , the duller , the deeper , the more hopelessly incurable pain of knowing that every light must set , that life and love are declining , declining , inexorably westering towards the darkness ...
Page 100
... desire ; And isled in sudden seas of light , My heart , pierced through with fierce delight , Bursts into blossom in his sight . My whole soul waiting silently , All naked in a sultry sky , Droops blinded with his shining eye : I will ...
... desire ; And isled in sudden seas of light , My heart , pierced through with fierce delight , Bursts into blossom in his sight . My whole soul waiting silently , All naked in a sultry sky , Droops blinded with his shining eye : I will ...
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... desire immortality and , having desired , set out to prove that they desire something real . The fact that they desire it is even used as an argument in favour of the existence of the object of desire . It is , indeed , the argument of ...
... desire immortality and , having desired , set out to prove that they desire something real . The fact that they desire it is even used as an argument in favour of the existence of the object of desire . It is , indeed , the argument of ...
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ANDREW MARVELL Archpoet ARTHUR RIMBAUD artistic BAUDELAIRE beauty Blake bliss body breast breath CHARLES BAUDELAIRE CHARLES COTTON CHARLOTTE BRONTË COLERIDGE colloquial dark death delight desire divine doth dream earth earthly paradise eternal existence experience express eyes fair fancy fear feel flowers GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS hair happy hath heart heaven hell HENRY VAUGHAN human images J'ai JOHN DONNE Keats kind kiss less light live Lord lovers lust magic MATTHEW ARNOLD Milton mind mortal mystic Nature never night o'er old age pain passion PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pleasure poem poetical poetry poets reason render RIMBAUD rose SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE seems sense Shelley Shelley's sings song sonnet soul sound spirit stars STÉPHANE MALLARMÉ strange style supernatural swan sweet taste thee things thou thought verse voice WILLIAM BLAKE winds wings words Wordsworth write yeux ΑΝΟΝ