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... poetic justice , except that contests degrade not only the naive participants , but poetry as well . Robert Graves stated that he wrote for “ a few friends ” rather than for a public . The poet's chief loyalty , he said , “ is to the ...
... poetic justice , except that contests degrade not only the naive participants , but poetry as well . Robert Graves stated that he wrote for “ a few friends ” rather than for a public . The poet's chief loyalty , he said , “ is to the ...
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... poets , they degrade both the poets and the poets ' work . It is an honor to teach a child how to listen and how to speak in rime ; it is honorable and useful work to teach at all ( just as I , sitting here at my desk in the early ...
... poets , they degrade both the poets and the poets ' work . It is an honor to teach a child how to listen and how to speak in rime ; it is honorable and useful work to teach at all ( just as I , sitting here at my desk in the early ...
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... period of adjustment to the background of life begins . Every detail of life must be transformed by marriage . This means creative conflict on the most important level . " Sacramental communion is bound by time . Mass does 160 A POET'S ...
... period of adjustment to the background of life begins . Every detail of life must be transformed by marriage . This means creative conflict on the most important level . " Sacramental communion is bound by time . Mass does 160 A POET'S ...
Contents
The Necessity to Speak | 3 |
Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
The Degradation of Money | 27 |
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