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Page 71
... final lines are echoes of a verse by Mrs. Lydia Sigourney - the Sweet Singer of Hartford . This work , “ A Versifica- tion of a remark by Pliny , " appeared in the same issue as the early version of " Thanatopsis " ( prior to the ...
... final lines are echoes of a verse by Mrs. Lydia Sigourney - the Sweet Singer of Hartford . This work , “ A Versifica- tion of a remark by Pliny , " appeared in the same issue as the early version of " Thanatopsis " ( prior to the ...
Page 79
... final , decisive phase . Only in Cam- bridge , two and one half years after the poem had appeared in the North American Review , did the voice of Nature emergè to state its doctrine , or did the poet recognize that his personal ...
... final , decisive phase . Only in Cam- bridge , two and one half years after the poem had appeared in the North American Review , did the voice of Nature emergè to state its doctrine , or did the poet recognize that his personal ...
Page 80
... final version of his poem - a version in which thought and form are gracefully united . VI Contrasts in Intent and Tone A recognition of the broad outlines of the Puritan sermon in " Thanatopsis " does more , however , than reveal a ...
... final version of his poem - a version in which thought and form are gracefully united . VI Contrasts in Intent and Tone A recognition of the broad outlines of the Puritan sermon in " Thanatopsis " does more , however , than reveal a ...
Contents
Chronology | 13 |
The Poems of Nature | 39 |
The Poem of Death | 65 |
Copyright | |
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