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... shadow of pain . Hands of chance and change have marred , or moulded , or broken , Busy with spirit or flesh , all I most have adored ; Even the bosom of Earth is strewn with heavier shadows , — Only in these green hills , aslant to the ...
... shadow of pain . Hands of chance and change have marred , or moulded , or broken , Busy with spirit or flesh , all I most have adored ; Even the bosom of Earth is strewn with heavier shadows , — Only in these green hills , aslant to the ...
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... shadow of stone Without a pulse or breath ; Motionless and alone There ' midst the lily - stems- But his eyes are alive like gems . Still as a shadow ; still Grey feather and yellow bill , Still as an image made Of mist and smoke half ...
... shadow of stone Without a pulse or breath ; Motionless and alone There ' midst the lily - stems- But his eyes are alive like gems . Still as a shadow ; still Grey feather and yellow bill , Still as an image made Of mist and smoke half ...
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... shadow's shadow . And always for their egos - their outmoded art . Thus , having lost the bevel in the ear , they know neither up nor down , mistake the part for the whole , curl themselves in a comma , talk technics , make a colon ...
... shadow's shadow . And always for their egos - their outmoded art . Thus , having lost the bevel in the ear , they know neither up nor down , mistake the part for the whole , curl themselves in a comma , talk technics , make a colon ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xxi |
TOM WAYMAN | xxv |
INTRODUCTION | xxvii |
Copyright | |
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