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"Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes." - Wordsworth (Illustration by Jane Elizabeth Giraud #BookWormSat #Wordsworth #RomanticPoets #poetry
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"St Agnes' Eve - Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold." - Keats, 'The Eve Of St Agnes' #BookWormSat #romanticpoets #poetry [Photo by me of snowy wales]
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New book in our collection: this essay collection on #WalterPater & the Beginnings of #EnglishStudies analyses Pater's views on Montaigne, #Shakespeare, the #RomanticPoets, #Morris & #Rossetti & more!
https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1851642005
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... was he psychic? a sensitive? Mad, as some of his contemporaries suggested? Or just highly imaginative? We'll be looking at William Blake, his visions, and his influence, in the Inkwells & Curtains lounge.
Join us as we ramble and rant, and look things up...
https://youtu.be/OxraOMuIUGYTyger Tyger read by Jonathan Brandt of https://www.youtube.com/@jonathanbrandt3716/videos
#williamblake #romantics #romanticpoets #tygertyger #visionary #visionaryartist
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Born on this day: William Blake (1757 – 1827)
"Do what you will, this world’s a fiction and is made up of contradiction."
Visionary, artist, poet, Blake was revered by the Pre-Raphaelites, and considered a major influence on 20th century culture.
Happy Birthday, William!
#williamblake #romanticpoets #romanticism #visionary #bornonthisday #literarybirthdays