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... seems to me to be purely satire , and although angry satire is as it were the reverse of melancholy's shield , we cannot treat it here . The later poem , however , has a deeper and less strident note , and 9942 seems to me a magnificent ...
... seems to me to be purely satire , and although angry satire is as it were the reverse of melancholy's shield , we cannot treat it here . The later poem , however , has a deeper and less strident note , and 9942 seems to me a magnificent ...
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... seems to have fascinated the imagination even before Volney's fa- mous meditation and vision at Palmyra in The Ruins of Empire ( 1791 ) . Passing references neglected , there is , for example , a blank verse piece ( 1760 ) called " On ...
... seems to have fascinated the imagination even before Volney's fa- mous meditation and vision at Palmyra in The Ruins of Empire ( 1791 ) . Passing references neglected , there is , for example , a blank verse piece ( 1760 ) called " On ...
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... seems to be due to her too great sensibility , as she dies in her lover's arms at the altar , apparently of pure joy ; he follows her before the day is out , and they are buried in one grave . Two or three of this group noted , show ...
... seems to be due to her too great sensibility , as she dies in her lover's arms at the altar , apparently of pure joy ; he follows her before the day is out , and they are buried in one grave . Two or three of this group noted , show ...
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COMPOUNDED OF MANY SIMPLES | 1 |
INVOCATION TO MELANCHOLY | 39 |
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI | 91 |
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