Yale Book of American VerseThomas Raynesford Lounsbury Yale University Press, 1912 - 570 pages |
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Page xiv
... comes into direct conflict with the deliberate and settled opinion of the great body of cultivated read- ers , it is really of no value at all . For the truth is that in the case of works [ xiv ] A WORD ABOUT ANTHOLOGIES.
... comes into direct conflict with the deliberate and settled opinion of the great body of cultivated read- ers , it is really of no value at all . For the truth is that in the case of works [ xiv ] A WORD ABOUT ANTHOLOGIES.
Page xx
... come to attach themselves entirely inde- pendent of their literary quality . Popular interest or historic importance may ... comes in the play of individual choice . That choice will be often widely different in the case of [ xx ] A WORD ...
... come to attach themselves entirely inde- pendent of their literary quality . Popular interest or historic importance may ... comes in the play of individual choice . That choice will be often widely different in the case of [ xx ] A WORD ...
Page xxv
... come from America which they have deemed worthy of inclusion . The earliest of these works was Dana's Household Book of Poetry already mentioned . The second ap- peared in 1870. It was entitled The Library of Poetry and Song . To it was ...
... come from America which they have deemed worthy of inclusion . The earliest of these works was Dana's Household Book of Poetry already mentioned . The second ap- peared in 1870. It was entitled The Library of Poetry and Song . To it was ...
Page xxxiv
... comes to the consideration of some of these pieces without any associations save those purely literary may find them unworthy of being included . Of the earlier writers represented in this collection , the two who seem to have given ...
... comes to the consideration of some of these pieces without any associations save those purely literary may find them unworthy of being included . Of the earlier writers represented in this collection , the two who seem to have given ...
Page xxxv
... comes from failing hope and the depression of spirit which the shadow of death had already begun to cast upon his life : A sense it was , that I could see The angel leave my side- That thenceforth my prosperity Must be a falling tide ...
... comes from failing hope and the depression of spirit which the shadow of death had already begun to cast upon his life : A sense it was , that I could see The angel leave my side- That thenceforth my prosperity Must be a falling tide ...
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