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... vision - which is the truth of the poet himself . Bryant's vision was unlike that of the seer or mystic who improvises epiphanies in unlikely places ; his was the vision of discovery , the bringing to light of the secret , though ...
... vision - which is the truth of the poet himself . Bryant's vision was unlike that of the seer or mystic who improvises epiphanies in unlikely places ; his was the vision of discovery , the bringing to light of the secret , though ...
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... vision , he would have noticed that the ultimate circle not only approaches the universality of Nature itself but also is a dissipation of strength and a blurring of vision . This is the paradox of Bryant's later poems : in their wisdom ...
... vision , he would have noticed that the ultimate circle not only approaches the universality of Nature itself but also is a dissipation of strength and a blurring of vision . This is the paradox of Bryant's later poems : in their wisdom ...
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... vision of pros- perous nationalism fades into the perception of the moment , and Nature speaks once more her ... vision , which Bryant describes as that of " dilated sight , ” is a vision of plenitude as it pours in upon the sensibility ...
... vision of pros- perous nationalism fades into the perception of the moment , and Nature speaks once more her ... vision , which Bryant describes as that of " dilated sight , ” is a vision of plenitude as it pours in upon the sensibility ...
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