Johnson & Goldsmith & Their PoetryAMS Press, 1971 - 175 pages |
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Page 85
... poetry . Its greater names are few , and of the writers in whom the true poetic note is most clearly to be heard , the majority , like Goldsmith himself , were conspicuously unprolific . Into the causes of this general decline in poetry ...
... poetry . Its greater names are few , and of the writers in whom the true poetic note is most clearly to be heard , the majority , like Goldsmith himself , were conspicuously unprolific . Into the causes of this general decline in poetry ...
Page 88
... poetry took his place beside Johnson in the ranks of the Conserva- tives . In all his ideals and criteria of literature he was indeed one of the stoutest supporters of what was still the orthodox creed . For him , as for Johnson , the ...
... poetry took his place beside Johnson in the ranks of the Conserva- tives . In all his ideals and criteria of literature he was indeed one of the stoutest supporters of what was still the orthodox creed . For him , as for Johnson , the ...
Page 99
... poetry or its full significance will not be understood . This leads us to one other point . What is it in the thought and spirit of these two poems which specially appeals to us when we read them to - day ? Surely their broad and deep ...
... poetry or its full significance will not be understood . This leads us to one other point . What is it in the thought and spirit of these two poems which specially appeals to us when we read them to - day ? Surely their broad and deep ...
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