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... rather free, and drawn from a Mephistophelian stand-point, are meant to be
faithful, and that is the grand point, and none but an owl would feel sore at a rub
from a jester who tells you, without any subterfuge, that he sits in Diogenes' tub.
... rather free, and drawn from a Mephistophelian stand-point, are meant to be
faithful, and that is the grand point, and none but an owl would feel sore at a rub
from a jester who tells you, without any subterfuge, that he sits in Diogenes' tub.
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In the edition now issued, no pains are neglected, and my verses, as orators say,
stand corrected. Yet some blunders remain of the public's own make, which I
wish to correct for my personal sake. For instance, a character drawn in pure fun
...
In the edition now issued, no pains are neglected, and my verses, as orators say,
stand corrected. Yet some blunders remain of the public's own make, which I
wish to correct for my personal sake. For instance, a character drawn in pure fun
...
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... your pruning-hooks up into swords, Whose rewards and hurrahs men are surer
to gain By the reaping of men and of women than grain 2 Why should you stand
aghast at their fierce wordy war, if " 'You scalp one another for Bank or for Tariff?
... your pruning-hooks up into swords, Whose rewards and hurrahs men are surer
to gain By the reaping of men and of women than grain 2 Why should you stand
aghast at their fierce wordy war, if " 'You scalp one another for Bank or for Tariff?
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... instincts contrive to be true, - - Keep your ears open wide to the Future's first
call, Be whatever you will, but yourselves first of all, Stand fronting the dawn on
Toil's heaven-scaling peaks, And become my new race of more practical Greeks.
... instincts contrive to be true, - - Keep your ears open wide to the Future's first
call, Be whatever you will, but yourselves first of all, Stand fronting the dawn on
Toil's heaven-scaling peaks, And become my new race of more practical Greeks.
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... That only the finest and clearest remain, Let it stand out of doors till a soul it
receives From the warm lazy sun loitering down through green leaves, -- And you
'll find a choice nature, not wholly deserving A name either English or Yankee,
just ...
... That only the finest and clearest remain, Let it stand out of doors till a soul it
receives From the warm lazy sun loitering down through green leaves, -- And you
'll find a choice nature, not wholly deserving A name either English or Yankee,
just ...
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| Наслов | The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell |
| Аутор | James R. Lowell |
| Издао/ла | 1863 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет у Мичигену |
| Дигитализовано | 17 феб 2006 |
| Извоз навода | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |