Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Page 39
... Cloaked in night he goes to kill Two sparrows dreaming in their nest . A pragmatist , he is happy to be mostly symbolic . Perched on legend there , screened by superstition here , He thrives in the real and regular dark ; in the light ...
... Cloaked in night he goes to kill Two sparrows dreaming in their nest . A pragmatist , he is happy to be mostly symbolic . Perched on legend there , screened by superstition here , He thrives in the real and regular dark ; in the light ...
Page 40
... Cloaked in night he moves to kill Two peewits dreaming in their nest . But the poet was not entirely content to keep up the appearance of urbane detachment . In ' A wise Owl'2 a new stanza is created and new line added . The owl now ...
... Cloaked in night he moves to kill Two peewits dreaming in their nest . But the poet was not entirely content to keep up the appearance of urbane detachment . In ' A wise Owl'2 a new stanza is created and new line added . The owl now ...
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