The Gloomy Egoist: Moods and Themes of Melancholy from Gray to Keats |
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... Contemplation is " lovely fair , " " queen of pensive air , " " calm Contemplation , " " pensive sage . " Content is " meek - ey'd nymph . . . Sober , modest , and discreet . " 42 Meditation is Sweet child of Reason ! maid serene ! With ...
... Contemplation is " lovely fair , " " queen of pensive air , " " calm Contemplation , " " pensive sage . " Content is " meek - ey'd nymph . . . Sober , modest , and discreet . " 42 Meditation is Sweet child of Reason ! maid serene ! With ...
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... Contemplation . An Ode , " Poetical Calendar , London , 1763 , VI , 7 ; H. Lemoine : " Ode to Contemplation , " London Magazine , XLVII , 569 ( Dec. , 1778 ) ; Robert Southey : " To Contemplation , " Poeti- cal Works , New York , 1850 ...
... Contemplation . An Ode , " Poetical Calendar , London , 1763 , VI , 7 ; H. Lemoine : " Ode to Contemplation , " London Magazine , XLVII , 569 ( Dec. , 1778 ) ; Robert Southey : " To Contemplation , " Poeti- cal Works , New York , 1850 ...
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... Contemplation , " op . cit . , p . 72. That the tradi- tion was pretty fully established even before the time of ... Contemplation , " by William Hamilton of Bangour ( written about 1739 ) , appeared serially , unsigned , in the London ...
... Contemplation , " op . cit . , p . 72. That the tradi- tion was pretty fully established even before the time of ... Contemplation , " by William Hamilton of Bangour ( written about 1739 ) , appeared serially , unsigned , in the London ...
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COMPOUNDED OF MANY SIMPLES | 1 |
INVOCATION TO MELANCHOLY | 39 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 91 |
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