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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POETRY OF SOUTHEY, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Keen as an eagle whose flight towards the dim empyrean
Last Line: Lo! The grand epic advances, unfolding the humanest truth.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Southey, Robert (1774-1843)
First Line: Keen as an eagle whose flight towards the dim empyrean
Last Line: Lo! The grand epic advances, unfolding the humanest truth.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Southey, Robert (1774-1843)
KEEN as an eagle whose flight towards the dim empyrean
Fearless of toil or fatigue ever royally wends!
Vast in the cloud-coloured robes of the balm-breathing Orient
Lo! the grand Epic advances, unfolding the humanest truth.
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