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THE POETRY OF SOUTHEY by GEORGE MEREDITH

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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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