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Page ix
... look at it , which is what poetry and other forms of art are able to do with the sorrowful . Poetry shows the creative power of sorrow and ruin , even . It was a homely and honest picture , and yet it had a light on it , like that light ...
... look at it , which is what poetry and other forms of art are able to do with the sorrowful . Poetry shows the creative power of sorrow and ruin , even . It was a homely and honest picture , and yet it had a light on it , like that light ...
Page xi
... look at Frost's Vermont . There's New England enough for you . And he could see New Hampshire over the border , too . He didn't have to look long . For he has good eyes . When he got through dusting off his chips , there were the ...
... look at Frost's Vermont . There's New England enough for you . And he could see New Hampshire over the border , too . He didn't have to look long . For he has good eyes . When he got through dusting off his chips , there were the ...
Page 43
... who , to dumb Forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd , Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day , Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some. 43.
... who , to dumb Forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd , Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day , Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind ? On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some. 43.
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