The Art of Reading PoetryFarrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1941 - 519 pages I do not believe that poetry is mysterious or esoteric. It is for all who can read, who can call words, who have rhythm enough, by nature, so that a jazz orchestra sets feet and hands in motion. Likewise, this invitation is to all. But it is, especially, invitation to those regretfully convinced that poetry is not for them, and to those who think they prefer the unequivocating directness of prose. It is invitation to labor, and after labor, entrance upon pleasure "not to be chang'd by place or time," the peculiar pleasure which poetry is. - Invitation to reading. |
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... thee , How sweet and fair she seems to be . Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied , That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide , 1 Thou must have uncommended died . Small is the worth Of beauty from the ...
... thee , How sweet and fair she seems to be . Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied , That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide , 1 Thou must have uncommended died . Small is the worth Of beauty from the ...
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... thee weeping and rob thee of the light of freedom . So shalt thou abide in Argos and ply the loom at another woman's bidding , and bear water from fount Messeis or Hypereia , being grievously entreated , and sore constraint shall be ...
... thee weeping and rob thee of the light of freedom . So shalt thou abide in Argos and ply the loom at another woman's bidding , and bear water from fount Messeis or Hypereia , being grievously entreated , and sore constraint shall be ...
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... thee , and come to dust . No exorciser harm theel Nor no witchcraft charm thee ! Ghost unlaid forbear thee ! Nothing ill come near thee ! Quiet consummation have , And renowned be thy grave ! -WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LAY A GARLAND ON MY ...
... thee , and come to dust . No exorciser harm theel Nor no witchcraft charm thee ! Ghost unlaid forbear thee ! Nothing ill come near thee ! Quiet consummation have , And renowned be thy grave ! -WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LAY A GARLAND ON MY ...
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OUTLINE FOR A DEFENSE | 1 |
LIONS IN THE PATH | 23 |
THE READING AND THE READINGS OF THE POEM | 39 |
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