Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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... pain By writing letters filled with grief ; Will wander in the wind - swept lane Uncertain , like a drifting leaf , And listen to the bell's sad peal . Autumn again , yet more real Than before , A season where summer and winter meet In ...
... pain By writing letters filled with grief ; Will wander in the wind - swept lane Uncertain , like a drifting leaf , And listen to the bell's sad peal . Autumn again , yet more real Than before , A season where summer and winter meet In ...
Page 36
... pain . The red fingertips , the delicate cruelty of the fire dance define the anguish felt within , but it also extends the experience in time . Peter gazing at the fire conjures up the image of a dancer in a ballet that might have been ...
... pain . The red fingertips , the delicate cruelty of the fire dance define the anguish felt within , but it also extends the experience in time . Peter gazing at the fire conjures up the image of a dancer in a ballet that might have been ...
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... pain . It is either a pain in the head or a pain in the chest accompanied by disturbed sleep . The obscene and hideous is the great joy of the night witch / wizard . The other great joy of the wizard is to open the mouth of a sleeping ...
... pain . It is either a pain in the head or a pain in the chest accompanied by disturbed sleep . The obscene and hideous is the great joy of the night witch / wizard . The other great joy of the wizard is to open the mouth of a sleeping ...
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