The Art of Reading PoetryRinehart & Company, 1941 - 519 pages |
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Page 247
... earth ? Declare , if thou hast understanding . Who determined the measure thereof - if thou knowest ? Or who stretched the line upon it ? Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened ? Or who laid the corner stone thereof When the ...
... earth ? Declare , if thou hast understanding . Who determined the measure thereof - if thou knowest ? Or who stretched the line upon it ? Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened ? Or who laid the corner stone thereof When the ...
Page 248
... earth ? Declare if thou knowest it all ! Where is the way to the dwelling of light , And as for darkness , where is the place thereof ? That thou shouldest take it to the bounds thereof , And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the ...
... earth ? Declare if thou knowest it all ! Where is the way to the dwelling of light , And as for darkness , where is the place thereof ? That thou shouldest take it to the bounds thereof , And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the ...
Page 321
... earth . What is the course of the life Of mortal men on the earth ? Most men eddy about Here and there eat and drink , Chatter and love and hate , Gather and squander , are raised 30 40 50 60 Aloft , are hurl'd in the dust , Striving ...
... earth . What is the course of the life Of mortal men on the earth ? Most men eddy about Here and there eat and drink , Chatter and love and hate , Gather and squander , are raised 30 40 50 60 Aloft , are hurl'd in the dust , Striving ...
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ALFRED LORD TENNYSON ANDREW MARVELL ballad beauty beginning bird breath caesuras contrast conventional dark dead death detail doth dream earth effect emotion English experience eyes fairy fear feeling garden hand hath heard heart heaven human idea imagery imagination John Donne JOHN KEATS John of Austria Keats kind King lady light lines live look lover meaning Milton mind Miss mood moon mother nature never night nightingale o'er once pattern phrase pleasure poem poet poet's prayer prose reader reading poetry rest rhythm rime rose seems Shakespeare ship sing Sir Patrick Sir Patrick Spens sleep song sonnet soul sound spirit stars story stress Suggestions sweet syllables tears thee thine things Thomas Rymer thou thought Three Ravens tree turn verse voice WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind words