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... lily ( in poem 923 , mentioned in the previous chap- ter , the poet describes herself as a boy drowning in anguish ... lilies ) . Consciously she would not select so grotesque an image as the frog to represent the beautiful and beloved ...
... lily ( in poem 923 , mentioned in the previous chap- ter , the poet describes herself as a boy drowning in anguish ... lilies ) . Consciously she would not select so grotesque an image as the frog to represent the beautiful and beloved ...
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... Lilies " : " Rock softly on the waters , fair lilies ! Your Eastern kindred have rocked on the stormier bosom of Cleopatra . " 36 To Higginson himself she once made the startling remark : " Field Lilies ' are Cleopatra's ' Posies ...
... Lilies " : " Rock softly on the waters , fair lilies ! Your Eastern kindred have rocked on the stormier bosom of Cleopatra . " 36 To Higginson himself she once made the startling remark : " Field Lilies ' are Cleopatra's ' Posies ...
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... lilies , though she chose to make no poetic differences : a lily was a lily . 37. Antony and Cleopatra 2. 6. 63–65 , 123 ; 2. 2. 226–27 . 38. Ibid . 3. 11. 56–61 . 39. Thomas Bulfinch , The Age of Fable ( London : Spring Books , 1964 ) ...
... lilies , though she chose to make no poetic differences : a lily was a lily . 37. Antony and Cleopatra 2. 6. 63–65 , 123 ; 2. 2. 226–27 . 38. Ibid . 3. 11. 56–61 . 39. Thomas Bulfinch , The Age of Fable ( London : Spring Books , 1964 ) ...
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