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Page 143
... o'er the lea , The plowman homeward plods his weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle wheels his droning ...
... o'er the lea , The plowman homeward plods his weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle wheels his droning ...
Page 147
... o'er thy green , Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paus'd on every charm , The shelter'd cot , the cultivated farm , The never - failing brook , the busy mill , The decent church that topt the neighbouring ...
... o'er thy green , Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paus'd on every charm , The shelter'd cot , the cultivated farm , The never - failing brook , the busy mill , The decent church that topt the neighbouring ...
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... o'er the greensward glancing , ' Midst other indications of festivity , Seeing a troop of his domestics dancing Like dervises , who turn as on a pivot , he Perceived it was the Pyrrhic dance so martial , To which the Levantines are very ...
... o'er the greensward glancing , ' Midst other indications of festivity , Seeing a troop of his domestics dancing Like dervises , who turn as on a pivot , he Perceived it was the Pyrrhic dance so martial , To which the Levantines are very ...
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alliteration beauty bird blank verse blood body bora ring breath bright charm cloud colour conventional conveyed couplet dance dark dead death delight Donne doth dream earth effect English English Poetry eternal experience expression eyes F. R. Leavis fair fear feeling flowers Gerard Manley Hopkins give grace hand hath hear heart heaven human imagination James McAuley Judith Wright Keats king King Lear kiss L. C. Knights leaves light lines living look Lord lovers Lycidas Macbeth Milton mind moon nature never night o'er passage passion phrase play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry reality realized rhyme rhythm rich satiric Scholar Gipsy seems sense Shakespeare sing sleep soft song soul sound spirit spring stanza stars suggestion surprising sweet T. S. Eliot TAMBURLAINE tears Tell thee theme things thou thought tone trees turn verse vitality voice wind words youth