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... poems before they were sung and it was the vast human appeal of them as poems that gave the chance to turn them into songs . It is less easy to prove the influence of poetry upon political and social tendencies outside the periods of ...
... poems before they were sung and it was the vast human appeal of them as poems that gave the chance to turn them into songs . It is less easy to prove the influence of poetry upon political and social tendencies outside the periods of ...
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... poems continued to appear . From time to time volumes were published which included pieces that had already seen the light in periodicals , together with such other matter as the author had ready at the moment . According to the ...
... poems continued to appear . From time to time volumes were published which included pieces that had already seen the light in periodicals , together with such other matter as the author had ready at the moment . According to the ...
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... poems of distinctly popular variety are better stuff than they are generally taken for . The virility which is often on the point of degenerating into mere roughness , is , on the other hand , no less often authen- tic solidity of ...
... poems of distinctly popular variety are better stuff than they are generally taken for . The virility which is often on the point of degenerating into mere roughness , is , on the other hand , no less often authen- tic solidity of ...
Contents
POETRY AND LIFE | 7 |
SHAKESPEARES CREED | 26 |
THE LINCOLN OF THE SECOND INAUGURAL | 43 |
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