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... mind was an almost utter absence of creative or reproductive power , and an overpowering occupation with minutię . Nothing came from him spontaneously . " If I do not write much , it is because I cannot . " His poetry was wrung out drop ...
... mind was an almost utter absence of creative or reproductive power , and an overpowering occupation with minutię . Nothing came from him spontaneously . " If I do not write much , it is because I cannot . " His poetry was wrung out drop ...
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... mind , and another attack of insanity seemed imminent . Yet in the midst of this gloom his pen was still active , and some of his best short poems were produced , among them " Lines on the Receipt of my Mother's Picture , " " To Mary ...
... mind , and another attack of insanity seemed imminent . Yet in the midst of this gloom his pen was still active , and some of his best short poems were produced , among them " Lines on the Receipt of my Mother's Picture , " " To Mary ...
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... mind , Disdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth , Or Jealousy , with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan , and faded Care , Grim - visaged ...
... mind , Disdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth , Or Jealousy , with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan , and faded Care , Grim - visaged ...
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... mind . 5 10 Stern rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was , thou bad'st her know , 15 And from her own she learned to melt at others ' woe . Scared at thy frown terrific , fly Self - pleasing ...
... mind . 5 10 Stern rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was , thou bad'st her know , 15 And from her own she learned to melt at others ' woe . Scared at thy frown terrific , fly Self - pleasing ...
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... , and dusky loves . Her track , where'er the goddess roves , Glory pursue , and generous Shame , 64 The unconquerable Mind , and freedom's holy flame . II . 3 Woods , that wave o'er Delphi's steep THE PROGRESS OF POESY 19.
... , and dusky loves . Her track , where'er the goddess roves , Glory pursue , and generous Shame , 64 The unconquerable Mind , and freedom's holy flame . II . 3 Woods , that wave o'er Delphi's steep THE PROGRESS OF POESY 19.
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