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... moral sentiments is unfortunate ; and yet such misinterpretations reflect Bryant's own dilemma in the face of natural beauty . Does Nature , after all , unite beauty and moral truth within the same discernible objects , or are there two ...
... moral sentiments is unfortunate ; and yet such misinterpretations reflect Bryant's own dilemma in the face of natural beauty . Does Nature , after all , unite beauty and moral truth within the same discernible objects , or are there two ...
Page 83
... moral- that lie behind the facade of the moment . " Among the Trees " praises the trees as emblems of the permanence of nature which outlives " The flitting generations of mankind . ” 23 " October , 1866 " is an elegy on the poet's wife ...
... moral- that lie behind the facade of the moment . " Among the Trees " praises the trees as emblems of the permanence of nature which outlives " The flitting generations of mankind . ” 23 " October , 1866 " is an elegy on the poet's wife ...
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... moral and of the natural world . I refer to its adorning and illustrating each by the other- infusing a moral sentiment into natural objects , and bringing images of visible beauty and majesty to heighten the effect of moral sentiment ...
... moral and of the natural world . I refer to its adorning and illustrating each by the other- infusing a moral sentiment into natural objects , and bringing images of visible beauty and majesty to heighten the effect of moral sentiment ...
Contents
Chronology | 13 |
The Poems of Nature | 39 |
The Poem of Death | 65 |
Copyright | |
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