Phoenix, Volume 1Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1990 - Commonwealth literature (English) |
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Page 19
... talking much when driving . To draw him out into a talk she said again ... " Why does the baby smile in its sleep ? " She laughed . Her large teeth close to one another and evenly placed were reflected in the small mirror in front ...
... talking much when driving . To draw him out into a talk she said again ... " Why does the baby smile in its sleep ? " She laughed . Her large teeth close to one another and evenly placed were reflected in the small mirror in front ...
Page 37
... Talking wishfully of wine ; The man is now alive who was dead , spiced and embalmed Neither geographical nor chronological ... talk of the past . The poem has a dramatic structure for it shows character in action , though the action is ...
... Talking wishfully of wine ; The man is now alive who was dead , spiced and embalmed Neither geographical nor chronological ... talk of the past . The poem has a dramatic structure for it shows character in action , though the action is ...
Page 45
... me came true , love's difficult harmony Played at last to perfection ; She bore me Joseph , and I , proclaiming victory , Wove the coat of many colours for that son . As the writer and Jacob talk , time and eternity 45.
... me came true , love's difficult harmony Played at last to perfection ; She bore me Joseph , and I , proclaiming victory , Wove the coat of many colours for that son . As the writer and Jacob talk , time and eternity 45.
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