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Page xii
... angles of our heads and our jaws . He multiplied my Saltwater Farm poems by two . This man is at home anywhere that is America . He went to Germany once , and did some sixteenth - century gables and mediaeval gateways . But that was ...
... angles of our heads and our jaws . He multiplied my Saltwater Farm poems by two . This man is at home anywhere that is America . He went to Germany once , and did some sixteenth - century gables and mediaeval gateways . But that was ...
Page xiv
... angles which add up to life has a final mark of genius on him . You can see it in this book . It is the essence of this book . It appears from the first cut to the last . He has made the matter he is using his own . He has made Gray ...
... angles which add up to life has a final mark of genius on him . You can see it in this book . It is the essence of this book . It appears from the first cut to the last . He has made the matter he is using his own . He has made Gray ...
Page xvii
... angles , more slanting and ruinous for the fact of American frost . Simplicity remains . Honest quiet and peace and serenity and resignation persist . The eternal precepts of peace and pity shine out brighter through the clear American ...
... angles , more slanting and ruinous for the fact of American frost . Simplicity remains . Honest quiet and peace and serenity and resignation persist . The eternal precepts of peace and pity shine out brighter through the clear American ...
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