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... song , Come my Celia , and by comparing their texture with that of the song we can form some idea of Jonson's extra- ordinary range . The sophisticated reasonableness of the song gives place to the heady intoxication of splendid ...
... song , Come my Celia , and by comparing their texture with that of the song we can form some idea of Jonson's extra- ordinary range . The sophisticated reasonableness of the song gives place to the heady intoxication of splendid ...
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... ( Song of Songs , iv , 5 ) , as does that of men and beasts lying down in concord ( Isaiah , xi , 6–8 ) —a sign that the creative impulse of the opening lines is flagging , since ' the good life ' established by Prometheus is a revolt ...
... ( Song of Songs , iv , 5 ) , as does that of men and beasts lying down in concord ( Isaiah , xi , 6–8 ) —a sign that the creative impulse of the opening lines is flagging , since ' the good life ' established by Prometheus is a revolt ...
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... song and the melting wraith of song's desire . Only one age could reach her , being stacked on the thick labour of piled other ages : only one page among time's handwrit pages could find right context , turn of phrase , wise word , to ...
... song and the melting wraith of song's desire . Only one age could reach her , being stacked on the thick labour of piled other ages : only one page among time's handwrit pages could find right context , turn of phrase , wise word , to ...
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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