North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 221University of Northern Iowa, 1925 |
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Page 502
... ever had worldly desires - and we gather from her poems that she had -conquered them once and for all . No doubt she grieved deeply at the immediate failure of Wuthering Heights , and she 502 THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
... ever had worldly desires - and we gather from her poems that she had -conquered them once and for all . No doubt she grieved deeply at the immediate failure of Wuthering Heights , and she 502 THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
Page 505
... poems will supply the image of an earthly - heavenly creature , again the answer is negative . The balance may be ... poem already mentioned . Take the last stanza of The Linnet : Blow , west wind , by the lonely mound , And murmur ...
... poems will supply the image of an earthly - heavenly creature , again the answer is negative . The balance may be ... poem already mentioned . Take the last stanza of The Linnet : Blow , west wind , by the lonely mound , And murmur ...
Page 506
... poets carry with them an ideal world which is proof against intruders : thus William Blake , greater of course as mystic than poet , met and saluted the Apostle Paul in the Strand . Emily falls short of supreme great- ness in that she ...
... poets carry with them an ideal world which is proof against intruders : thus William Blake , greater of course as mystic than poet , met and saluted the Apostle Paul in the Strand . Emily falls short of supreme great- ness in that she ...
Page 507
... poems to a fleeting desire for fame , and such a stanza as this from Remembrance has an authentic ring : But when the days of golden dreams had perished , And even despair was powerless to destroy , Then did I learn how existence could ...
... poems to a fleeting desire for fame , and such a stanza as this from Remembrance has an authentic ring : But when the days of golden dreams had perished , And even despair was powerless to destroy , Then did I learn how existence could ...
Page 510
... poems resemble much more the mortal figures of classical poetry than the back drops of Léger or the curtains of Picasso with which Mr. Cummings's persons have sometimes much in common . It is not surprising therefore that a point of ...
... poems resemble much more the mortal figures of classical poetry than the back drops of Léger or the curtains of Picasso with which Mr. Cummings's persons have sometimes much in common . It is not surprising therefore that a point of ...
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