The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volumes 1-4William Rose Benét |
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... written in so - called ballad meter , i.e. , in alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter , as in the fol- lowing : her pale , pale cheek her chin Then first he kissed And syne he kissed And syne he kissed her wane ...
... written in so - called ballad meter , i.e. , in alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter , as in the fol- lowing : her pale , pale cheek her chin Then first he kissed And syne he kissed And syne he kissed her wane ...
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... written some film scenarios and has broadcast a Music and Manners program . The Locusts Have No King ( 1948 ) is in her usual satiric vein . Powell , Mary . First wife of John MILTON , whom she married in 1643 when she was only ...
... written some film scenarios and has broadcast a Music and Manners program . The Locusts Have No King ( 1948 ) is in her usual satiric vein . Powell , Mary . First wife of John MILTON , whom she married in 1643 when she was only ...
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... written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812 . During the British bombardment of Fort McHenry , the gateway to the Baltimore de- fenses , Key was aboard a British man - of - war , detained on a mission to obtain the ...
... written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812 . During the British bombardment of Fort McHenry , the gateway to the Baltimore de- fenses , Key was aboard a British man - of - war , detained on a mission to obtain the ...
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