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... POEMS and BALLADS . First Series . Crown 8vo , or fcap . 8vo , 9s . POEMS and BALLADS . Second Series . Crown 8vo , 9s . POEMS and BALLADS . Third Series . Crown 8vo , 78 . SONGS before SUNRISE . Crown 8vo , 10s . 6d . BOTH WELL : a ...
... POEMS and BALLADS . First Series . Crown 8vo , or fcap . 8vo , 9s . POEMS and BALLADS . Second Series . Crown 8vo , 9s . POEMS and BALLADS . Third Series . Crown 8vo , 78 . SONGS before SUNRISE . Crown 8vo , 10s . 6d . BOTH WELL : a ...
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... Poem - King's Weigh House , 13 - Pausanias - Monarch in a Wheelbarrow - Latin Quotation - Index : How not to Make - Purcell Family- Branstill Castle , 14- " Eparchy " Transcendant , ' -Mourning Sunday- 15 - Atlas Wanted -B . R. Haydon ...
... Poem - King's Weigh House , 13 - Pausanias - Monarch in a Wheelbarrow - Latin Quotation - Index : How not to Make - Purcell Family- Branstill Castle , 14- " Eparchy " Transcendant , ' -Mourning Sunday- 15 - Atlas Wanted -B . R. Haydon ...
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... poem , And may there be no moaning of the bar , When I put out to sea , are an allusion , accidental or implied , to the refrain in Charles Kingsley's well - known poem of The Three Fishers . ' I presume the allusion is obvious , and ...
... poem , And may there be no moaning of the bar , When I put out to sea , are an allusion , accidental or implied , to the refrain in Charles Kingsley's well - known poem of The Three Fishers . ' I presume the allusion is obvious , and ...
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... poem . ' Dr. Mackelvie adds : - " If , because the printed version is somewhat different from the original draught , it is inferred that Logan altered it , then it must be inferred that he altered the whole poem ; for it happens that ...
... poem . ' Dr. Mackelvie adds : - " If , because the printed version is somewhat different from the original draught , it is inferred that Logan altered it , then it must be inferred that he altered the whole poem ; for it happens that ...
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... Poem by Swinburne " ) .- " The Triumph of ' Poems and Ballads , ' stanzas xli . - xliii . Time , " pp . 52-3 . NOTICE . Editorial communications should be addressed to " The Editor of Notes and Queries " " -Adver- tisements and Business ...
... Poem by Swinburne " ) .- " The Triumph of ' Poems and Ballads , ' stanzas xli . - xliii . Time , " pp . 52-3 . NOTICE . Editorial communications should be addressed to " The Editor of Notes and Queries " " -Adver- tisements and Business ...
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