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Page 243
... bird - quivering in the way a big bell quivers when it has been rung - and this fits in with the infinitesimally fluttering , wimpling , wing that holds the bird in a steady , reined - in poise . Suddenly this reined - in vitality is ...
... bird - quivering in the way a big bell quivers when it has been rung - and this fits in with the infinitesimally fluttering , wimpling , wing that holds the bird in a steady , reined - in poise . Suddenly this reined - in vitality is ...
Page 257
... BIRD ( for Mary Gilmore ) N the far days , when every day was long , Fear was upon me and the fear was strong , Ere I had learned the recompense of song . In the dim days I trembled , for I knew God was above me , always frowning ...
... BIRD ( for Mary Gilmore ) N the far days , when every day was long , Fear was upon me and the fear was strong , Ere I had learned the recompense of song . In the dim days I trembled , for I knew God was above me , always frowning ...
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... bird that moves . ( Elsewheres Auden knows that the apparent perfection of bird and beast is hungry for ' the personal glory / That reason's gift would add ' : bird and beast are incomplete without reason ; man is incomplete because ...
... bird that moves . ( Elsewheres Auden knows that the apparent perfection of bird and beast is hungry for ' the personal glory / That reason's gift would add ' : bird and beast are incomplete without reason ; man is incomplete because ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
BEN JONSON Continued | 27 |
ROSALINDS MADRIGAL | 33 |
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