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Page 65
... Thou art not , Penshurst , built to envious show , Of touch , or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars , or a roof of gold : Thou hast no lanthern , where of tales are told ; Or stair , or courts ; but stand'st an ancient ...
... Thou art not , Penshurst , built to envious show , Of touch , or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars , or a roof of gold : Thou hast no lanthern , where of tales are told ; Or stair , or courts ; but stand'st an ancient ...
Page 104
... Thou that know'st for whom I mourne ' and may refer , at the end of the same poem , to the ' white ' soul and ' pure and steddy ' faith of the deceased , his real interest is not either in recording grief or in presenting his brother as ...
... Thou that know'st for whom I mourne ' and may refer , at the end of the same poem , to the ' white ' soul and ' pure and steddy ' faith of the deceased , his real interest is not either in recording grief or in presenting his brother as ...
Page 111
... Thou Youngest Virgin - Daughter of the Skies , Made in the last Promotion of the Blest . ( 11. 1-2 ) Anne's promotion does not surprise or distress the poet , as Milton's poet- figure is distressed or as the man in the medieval Pearl is ...
... Thou Youngest Virgin - Daughter of the Skies , Made in the last Promotion of the Blest . ( 11. 1-2 ) Anne's promotion does not surprise or distress the poet , as Milton's poet- figure is distressed or as the man in the medieval Pearl is ...
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