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... romances ( chiefly translated from the French ) and interminable rhyming chronicles , pleasing , of course , to the people of that time , but wholly devoid of poetic Period . 4 excellence and unspeakably dull to modern readers ; that these.
... romances ( chiefly translated from the French ) and interminable rhyming chronicles , pleasing , of course , to the people of that time , but wholly devoid of poetic Period . 4 excellence and unspeakably dull to modern readers ; that these.
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... rhymed doggerels , writ- ten in couplets of eight - syllabled lines and having for their subjects the miraculous ... rhyming were constructed in accordance with certain rules of alliteration ; its sub- jects , while interesting , no ...
... rhymed doggerels , writ- ten in couplets of eight - syllabled lines and having for their subjects the miraculous ... rhyming were constructed in accordance with certain rules of alliteration ; its sub- jects , while interesting , no ...
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... Rhymes on the Road " ; " The Loves of the Angels , " etc. 66 Leigh Hunt ( 1784-1859 ) . " Francesca Rimini " ; " A Legend of Flor- ence " ; " Stories in Verse , " etc. Bryan Waller Procter ( " Barry Cornwall " ) ( 1787-1874 ) . “ A ...
... Rhymes on the Road " ; " The Loves of the Angels , " etc. 66 Leigh Hunt ( 1784-1859 ) . " Francesca Rimini " ; " A Legend of Flor- ence " ; " Stories in Verse , " etc. Bryan Waller Procter ( " Barry Cornwall " ) ( 1787-1874 ) . “ A ...
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... rhyme , ' Whence come you ? ' and the brook , why not ? replies : ' I come from haunts of coot and hern , ' " etc. In reading this poem , observe how strikingly the sound is made to cor- respond to the sense . I. coot . A wild water ...
... rhyme , ' Whence come you ? ' and the brook , why not ? replies : ' I come from haunts of coot and hern , ' " etc. In reading this poem , observe how strikingly the sound is made to cor- respond to the sense . I. coot . A wild water ...
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... rhyme , To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than ever seems it rich to die , To cease upon the midnight with no pain , While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing , and I have ...
... rhyme , To take into the air my quiet breath ; Now more than ever seems it rich to die , To cease upon the midnight with no pain , While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Still wouldst thou sing , and I have ...
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