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“ The lark's descending trill ” has more metaphorical possibilities than the ascending song , and " the lark down dropping to his nest ” enlists the sympathy of men and women more readily than when it ...
“ The lark's descending trill ” has more metaphorical possibilities than the ascending song , and " the lark down dropping to his nest ” enlists the sympathy of men and women more readily than when it ...
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It is almost needless to say that in the nightingale the two points that specially attract the poets are its preference for the night , and the strain of sadness in its song . As “ night's sweet bird , ” that “ sweetly sings the sun to ...
It is almost needless to say that in the nightingale the two points that specially attract the poets are its preference for the night , and the strain of sadness in its song . As “ night's sweet bird , ” that “ sweetly sings the sun to ...
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Byron makes his nightingale male because “ the rose , ” which it serenades , is female ; and Mallet , with an excess of poetical audacity , writes “ Philomela's song - his evening lay ! " Another pretty fact about the nightingale ...
Byron makes his nightingale male because “ the rose , ” which it serenades , is female ; and Mallet , with an excess of poetical audacity , writes “ Philomela's song - his evening lay ! " Another pretty fact about the nightingale ...
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Contents
I | 114 |
Alexandria By C F GORDON CUMMING | 145 |
Author An at Home By W LYND | 166 |
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