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A child's guide to reading (1909)

Macy, John Albert, 1877-1932 · New York : Baker & Taylor · leaf 122

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of sound and fury,Signifying nothing. Shelley, the lover of human liberty and the widefreedom of nature, chants to the West Wind: Make my thy lyre, even as the forest is;What if my leaves are falHng like its own!The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone,Sweet… … SHELLEY The Reading of Poetry Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearthAshes and sparks, my words among mankind!Be through my hps to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy! O, wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Hear Browning, the athletic optimist: The years at the springAnd days…

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