Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
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Page vii
... nights . While they are alive , they have the disturbing qualities of uncomfortableness , ruthlessness , un- reality , and surprise . Surprise is the worst , I guess , for most of us fight , from the time we grip our first baby blankets ...
... nights . While they are alive , they have the disturbing qualities of uncomfortableness , ruthlessness , un- reality , and surprise . Surprise is the worst , I guess , for most of us fight , from the time we grip our first baby blankets ...
Page xiv
... nights of a year , it may rob him of half a man's sleeping time . But he takes the time . Work is the center of his life . And he is happy only in that center . The rest of life is a mistake , a boredom , a sham . Work is the only joy ...
... nights of a year , it may rob him of half a man's sleeping time . But he takes the time . Work is the center of his life . And he is happy only in that center . The rest of life is a mistake , a boredom , a sham . Work is the only joy ...
Page xvi
... night of his life as he was rowing over the Indian River of Death to storm Quebec and make North America forever English , have been undergoing a sea change . They have come to fit our small towns and small and happy people . We cannot ...
... night of his life as he was rowing over the Indian River of Death to storm Quebec and make North America forever English , have been undergoing a sea change . They have come to fit our small towns and small and happy people . We cannot ...
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