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Page 76
... death . Just as Magellan passed through the south - west straits and found death in the western ocean , Donne will pass through the straits ( hardships , suffering ) of fever to his west , his death . It is all aston- ishingly ingenious ...
... death . Just as Magellan passed through the south - west straits and found death in the western ocean , Donne will pass through the straits ( hardships , suffering ) of fever to his west , his death . It is all aston- ishingly ingenious ...
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... death reminds us that we are totally dependent on God , as flowers on sunshine and rain , with no place for self - reliant pride . The poet rendering experience has given place to the preacher drawing a moral : but the moral does emerge ...
... death reminds us that we are totally dependent on God , as flowers on sunshine and rain , with no place for self - reliant pride . The poet rendering experience has given place to the preacher drawing a moral : but the moral does emerge ...
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... death , there is no other . ' Right up to the moment when I myself return in darkness to the life - giving and humbling elements , I shall never spoil the majesty of this child's death by mourning over it . ' This rough summary of the ...
... death , there is no other . ' Right up to the moment when I myself return in darkness to the life - giving and humbling elements , I shall never spoil the majesty of this child's death by mourning over it . ' This rough summary of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
With hym ther was his sone a yong Squier | 7 |
BALLADS | 13 |
Copyright | |
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alliteration beauty bird blank verse blood breath bright charm clouds colour conveyed couplet dance dark dead death delight Donne doth dream earth effect English English Poetry eternal experience expression eyes F. R. Leavis fair fear feeling flowers Gerard Manley Hopkins give grace hath hear heart heaven human imagination James McAuley Jonson Judith Wright Keats king King Lear kiss L. C. Knights leaves light lines lips living look Lord lovers Lycidas Macbeth Milton mind moon nature never night o'er passage passion phrase play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry reality realized rhyme rhythm rich satiric Scholar Gipsy seems sense Shakespeare sing sleep soft song soul sound spirit spring stanza stars strong suggestion surprising sweet T. S. Eliot TAMBURLAINE tears Tell thee theme things thou thought tone trees turn verse vision vitality voice VOLPONE wind words youth