"What was he doing, the great god Pan,
Down in the reeds by the river?
Spreading ruin and scattering ban,
Splashing and paddling with hoofs of a goat,
And breaking the golden lilies afloat
With the dragon-fly on the river." Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), British poet. A Musical Instrument (l. 1-6). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939) Oxford University Press. |
"What monster have we here?
A great Deed at this hour of day?
A great just Deedand not for pay?
Absurd,or insincere." Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), British poet. A Tale of Villafrance, st. 4. |
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