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So far he had written nothing but clever amateur verse ; but now , in his eighteenth year , he wrote an imperishable poem . The circumstances under which it was composed have been variously stated , but they agree in the main ...
So far he had written nothing but clever amateur verse ; but now , in his eighteenth year , he wrote an imperishable poem . The circumstances under which it was composed have been variously stated , but they agree in the main ...
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He ac cepted , and in 1821 wrote his first poem of any length , “ The Ages , ” which still remains the best poem of the kind that was ever recited before a college society either in this country or in England ; grave , stately ...
He ac cepted , and in 1821 wrote his first poem of any length , “ The Ages , ” which still remains the best poem of the kind that was ever recited before a college society either in this country or in England ; grave , stately ...
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The next four years of Mr. Bryant's life were more productive than any that had preceded them , for he wrote upward of thirty poems during that time . The aboriginal element was creative in “ The Indian Girl's Lament , ” “ An Indian ...
The next four years of Mr. Bryant's life were more productive than any that had preceded them , for he wrote upward of thirty poems during that time . The aboriginal element was creative in “ The Indian Girl's Lament , ” “ An Indian ...
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We can say of none of them , “ The man who wrote this will never write any better . ” The publication of Mr. Bryant's little volume of verse was indirectly the cause of his adopting literature as a profession .
We can say of none of them , “ The man who wrote this will never write any better . ” The publication of Mr. Bryant's little volume of verse was indirectly the cause of his adopting literature as a profession .
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The honor of publishing and finishing the last was shared by Boston and New York . Profit in these publications there was none , though Bryant , Halleck , Willis , Dana , Bancroft , and Longfellow wrote for them .
The honor of publishing and finishing the last was shared by Boston and New York . Profit in these publications there was none , though Bryant , Halleck , Willis , Dana , Bancroft , and Longfellow wrote for them .
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