The Gloomy Egoist: Moods and Themes of Melancholy from Gray to Keats |
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... human sins and mor- tality . Or the approach may be in less or greater degree subjective or lyric . Nature may ... human tragedy , or melancholy may arise from a sorrowful contemplation of the encroach- ments of industrialism or human ...
... human sins and mor- tality . Or the approach may be in less or greater degree subjective or lyric . Nature may ... human tragedy , or melancholy may arise from a sorrowful contemplation of the encroach- ments of industrialism or human ...
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... Human Life , " " Deception , or the Vanity of Human Prospects and Possessions , " " On the Vanity of Human Pursuits , " " The Vanity of Human Life " ( a monody ) .10 One finds , too , poems entitled grandi- osely " Life , " and ringing ...
... Human Life , " " Deception , or the Vanity of Human Prospects and Possessions , " " On the Vanity of Human Pursuits , " " The Vanity of Human Life " ( a monody ) .10 One finds , too , poems entitled grandi- osely " Life , " and ringing ...
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... Human Pride , " 137 , 139 Hume , David , 379 Hunt , Leigh , 268 , 398 , 399 Hurdis , James , 242 , 387 , 411 " Hymn to Contentment , " 360 " Hymn to Resignation , " by a Lady , 391 Ibbot , Dr. , 33 " In Answer to the Foregoing , " ( 186 ) ...
... Human Pride , " 137 , 139 Hume , David , 379 Hunt , Leigh , 268 , 398 , 399 Hurdis , James , 242 , 387 , 411 " Hymn to Contentment , " 360 " Hymn to Resignation , " by a Lady , 391 Ibbot , Dr. , 33 " In Answer to the Foregoing , " ( 186 ) ...
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COMPOUNDED OF MANY SIMPLES | 1 |
INVOCATION TO MELANCHOLY | 39 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 91 |
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