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... nature . 66 These poems had , as was natural , great success . He was already known as a youth of " genius " —one who had shown a certain power of a mysterious b -- - character one who breathed the breath of that EDGAR ALLAN POE . xvii.
... nature . 66 These poems had , as was natural , great success . He was already known as a youth of " genius " —one who had shown a certain power of a mysterious b -- - character one who breathed the breath of that EDGAR ALLAN POE . xvii.
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... nature . In sorrowful forms - sombre or grotesque forms - brilliant and musical , or scientific forms , he sought the Beautiful ; and in all these forms his writings have embodied it . In his life , too , he loved the emotions which the ...
... nature . In sorrowful forms - sombre or grotesque forms - brilliant and musical , or scientific forms , he sought the Beautiful ; and in all these forms his writings have embodied it . In his life , too , he loved the emotions which the ...
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... nature , and the degradation of a noble mind . Who shall explain the mysteries of temperament - who calculate the force of circumstances ? The spiritual part of this man - of which a specimen remains with us - was highly beautiful , and ...
... nature , and the degradation of a noble mind . Who shall explain the mysteries of temperament - who calculate the force of circumstances ? The spiritual part of this man - of which a specimen remains with us - was highly beautiful , and ...
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... Nature of the Poet . " We see how GOETHE had tired of all that , when he tells Eckermann , " lively feeling of situa- tions and power to express them make the poet . " I say , take the verses " To Helen , " 66 The Bridal Ballad ...
... Nature of the Poet . " We see how GOETHE had tired of all that , when he tells Eckermann , " lively feeling of situa- tions and power to express them make the poet . " I say , take the verses " To Helen , " 66 The Bridal Ballad ...
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... nature Which from my forefathers I did inherit , Which with my mother's milk I did imbibe , And be no more Politian , but some other . Command me , sir ! Bal . To the field , then - to the field ; Alas ! alas ! To the senate or the ...
... nature Which from my forefathers I did inherit , Which with my mother's milk I did imbibe , And be no more Politian , but some other . Command me , sir ! Bal . To the field , then - to the field ; Alas ! alas ! To the senate or the ...
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