The Poet and the PoemA discussion of the poet's inherent attitudes, the more technical matters of verse writing, and the application of principles to actual practice. |
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... beauty , shattered by the laws That have creation in their keeping , No longer trembles at applause , Or over children that are sleeping ; And we who delve in beauty's lore Know all that we have known before Of what inexorable cause ...
... beauty , shattered by the laws That have creation in their keeping , No longer trembles at applause , Or over children that are sleeping ; And we who delve in beauty's lore Know all that we have known before Of what inexorable cause ...
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... beauty , which carries one willingly over much obscurity . I want to quote all of " Voyages , " but , in- stead , will send you to it as a kind of apotheosis of complex metaphor - with its " Adagios of islands " in the Carribean . " In ...
... beauty , which carries one willingly over much obscurity . I want to quote all of " Voyages , " but , in- stead , will send you to it as a kind of apotheosis of complex metaphor - with its " Adagios of islands " in the Carribean . " In ...
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... beauty of Helen moved ships if not mountains . God shares from time to time , in his brute in- carnations , his devastating strength : The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee , and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee ; therefore ...
... beauty of Helen moved ships if not mountains . God shares from time to time , in his brute in- carnations , his devastating strength : The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee , and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee ; therefore ...
Contents
FOOTHILLS OF PARNASSUSOR WHY BOTHER? | 14 |
Six Senses of the Poet | 20 |
Pole Vaulting Does Not Require an Individual Style | 34 |
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