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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUBJECTS FOR PICTURES, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: What seek I here to gather into words?
Last Line: And grows distinct with poetry.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Imagination; Paintings & Painters; Poetry & Poets; Fancy
First Line: What seek I here to gather into words?
Last Line: And grows distinct with poetry.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Imagination; Paintings & Painters; Poetry & Poets; Fancy
What seek I here to gather into words?
The scenes that rise before me as I turn
The pages of old times. A word -- a name --
Conjures the past before me, till it grows
More actual than the present: that -- I see
But with the common eyes of daily life,
Imperfect and impatient; but the past
Out of imagination works its truth,
And grows distinct with poetry.
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