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... highest and lowest sources , from the visible and the invisible , till it coerces
those vaporous and unformed things into shape , and lifts them up for the
admiration of the world , with the buoyancy and radiance of a cloud painted by
the sun .
... highest and lowest sources , from the visible and the invisible , till it coerces
those vaporous and unformed things into shape , and lifts them up for the
admiration of the world , with the buoyancy and radiance of a cloud painted by
the sun .
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Keats died at an early age , probably long before his powers were matured ; but
not till he had given promise of excellence in his peculiar style . His versification
was chiefly formed on the model of rich and delicate conception of the beauty of ...
Keats died at an early age , probably long before his powers were matured ; but
not till he had given promise of excellence in his peculiar style . His versification
was chiefly formed on the model of rich and delicate conception of the beauty of ...
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Is not his law , Let every sinner die , Die shall all flesh ? what then must needs be
done , Is it not better to die willingly , Than linger till the glass be all outrun ?
Death is the end of woes : die soon , O fairy ' s son . ” · The knight was much ...
Is not his law , Let every sinner die , Die shall all flesh ? what then must needs be
done , Is it not better to die willingly , Than linger till the glass be all outrun ?
Death is the end of woes : die soon , O fairy ' s son . ” · The knight was much ...
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... Who thereby forced his workmen to forsake , Them bound till his return their
labour not to slake In the meantime , through that false lady ' s train , He was
surprized and buried under bier , Ne ever to his work returned again ; Natheless
those ...
... Who thereby forced his workmen to forsake , Them bound till his return their
labour not to slake In the meantime , through that false lady ' s train , He was
surprized and buried under bier , Ne ever to his work returned again ; Natheless
those ...
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Here feel we but the penalty of Adam , The seasons ' difference ; as the icy fang ,
And churlish chiding of the winter ' s wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon
my body , Even till I shrink with cold , I smile , and say , This is no flattery : these ...
Here feel we but the penalty of Adam , The seasons ' difference ; as the icy fang ,
And churlish chiding of the winter ' s wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon
my body , Even till I shrink with cold , I smile , and say , This is no flattery : these ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1857 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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