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... rhyme you say what you must . Should I send this poem to the publishers , or not ? " Some said , ' John , print it ; ' others said , ' Not so . " 999 I did not ask " some " or " others . " Perhaps I should have thought it best to keep ...
... rhyme you say what you must . Should I send this poem to the publishers , or not ? " Some said , ' John , print it ; ' others said , ' Not so . " 999 I did not ask " some " or " others . " Perhaps I should have thought it best to keep ...
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... rhymes and capacity for handling them , to be what is called a poet . I doubt whether more than nine out of ten , in the average , have that combination of gifts required for the writing of readable verse . This last expression of ...
... rhymes and capacity for handling them , to be what is called a poet . I doubt whether more than nine out of ten , in the average , have that combination of gifts required for the writing of readable verse . This last expression of ...
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... rhyming Rhythm alone But rhymes are Vocabulary ! You want to say something about the heavenly OVER THE TEACUPS . 79.
... rhyming Rhythm alone But rhymes are Vocabulary ! You want to say something about the heavenly OVER THE TEACUPS . 79.
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... rhyme fastening you by the leg , and you must either reject the line which pleases you , or you must whip your ... rhyming cannot be more usefully employed than in furnishing a pleasant amusement to the poor feeble- minded children . I ...
... rhyme fastening you by the leg , and you must either reject the line which pleases you , or you must whip your ... rhyming cannot be more usefully employed than in furnishing a pleasant amusement to the poor feeble- minded children . I ...
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... rhymes in the first sec- tion and its three pairs in the second part . Number Seven interrupted my discourse somewhat abruptly , as is his wont ; for we grant him a license , in virtue of his eccentricity , which we should hardly expect ...
... rhymes in the first sec- tion and its three pairs in the second part . Number Seven interrupted my discourse somewhat abruptly , as is his wont ; for we grant him a license , in virtue of his eccentricity , which we should hardly expect ...
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Page 303 - Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Page 26 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page 133 - Still, thro' the rattle, parts of speech were rife: While he could stammer He settled Hoti's business - let it be! Properly based Oun Gave us the doctrine of the enclitic De, Dead from the waist down.
Page 133 - That, has the world here — should he need the next, Let the world mind him! This, throws himself on God, and unperplexed Seeking shall find him. So, with the throttling hands of death at strife, Ground he at grammar...
Page 141 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flucks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 216 - The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways : they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
Page 156 - What you will. I will talk of things heavenly, or things earthly; things moral, or things evangelical; things sacred, or things profane; things past, or things to come; things foreign, or things at home; things more essential, or things circumstantial; provided that all be done to our profit.
Page 235 - A world primal again, vistas of glory incessant and branching, A new race dominating previous ones and grander far, with new contests, New politics, new literatures and religions, new inventions and arts.
Page 42 - some" or "others." Perhaps I should have thought it best to keep my poem to myself and the few friends for whom it was written. All at once, my daimon — that other Me over whom I button my waistcoat when I button it over my own person — put it into my head to look up the story of Madame Saqui. She was a famous danseuse, who danced Napoleon in and out, and several other dynasties besides. Her...
Page 177 - Yet, while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee : Alas ! my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share : Oh ! prove a husband's and a father's care! That quarter most the skilful Greeks annoy, Where yon wild fig-trees join the wall of Troy : Thou from this tower defend th...