Vulgar words in The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years (Page 1)
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Francis Thompson, indeed, does feel himself humbled by his spiritual solitude, and characterizes himself, I who can scarcely speak my fellows' speech, Love their love or mine own love to them teach, A bastard barred from their inheritance, * * * * * In antre of this lowly body set, Girt with a thirsty solitude of soul.
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Grimy and rough-cast still from Babel's brick-layers; Curse on the brutish jargon we inherit, Strong but to damn, not memorize a spirit!