His self and the sun were one
And his poems, although makings of his self,
Were no less makings of the sun.
(The Planet On The Table)
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Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!
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Even the bawds of euphony
Would cry out sharply.
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As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.
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Everything possessed the power to transform itself, or else, and what meant more, to be transformed.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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