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Says the gifted Coleridge , “ Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward . It has soothed my afflictions , it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments , it has endeared solitude , and it has given me the habit of wishing to ...
Says the gifted Coleridge , “ Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward . It has soothed my afflictions , it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments , it has endeared solitude , and it has given me the habit of wishing to ...
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