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... perhaps all that an agnostic poet can hope to achieve . If the imagination fails - for , like Coleridge yet dif- ferently , Stevens believed that ' we receive but what we give'— then , like Coleridge , he has his moods of dejection ...
... perhaps all that an agnostic poet can hope to achieve . If the imagination fails - for , like Coleridge yet dif- ferently , Stevens believed that ' we receive but what we give'— then , like Coleridge , he has his moods of dejection ...
Page 204
... perhaps the only solution Lies in the faith , or the mystical perception , That the welter of frustration in the parts Is instrumental to some loftier perfection In the universe as a whole ? Ah ! no , no ! Intolerable end To one who set ...
... perhaps the only solution Lies in the faith , or the mystical perception , That the welter of frustration in the parts Is instrumental to some loftier perfection In the universe as a whole ? Ah ! no , no ! Intolerable end To one who set ...
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... Perhaps that is a weakness in Pound ; perhaps if thoughts were really viable as supports for a rich poetic expressiveness they would not intrude and offend in this way ; or perhaps the fact is that there are some issues to which we are ...
... Perhaps that is a weakness in Pound ; perhaps if thoughts were really viable as supports for a rich poetic expressiveness they would not intrude and offend in this way ; or perhaps the fact is that there are some issues to which we are ...
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