A.J.Rao

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• "On first looking into Chapman's Homer"- a poem by John Keats

  Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till [...]...

  Posted on 19 April 2018 | 4:07 pm

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• "The Purist" - A poem by Ogden Nash

  I give you now Professor Twist, A conscientious scientist, Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!" And sent him off to distant jungles. Camped on a tropic riverside, One day he missed his loving bride. She had, the guide informed him later, Been eaten by an alligator. Professor Twist could not but s...

  Posted on 7 November 2017 | 7:36 pm

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• "Everything passes and vanishes "- A poem by William Allingham

  Everything passes and vanishes Everything leaves its trace; And often you see in a footstep What you could not see in a face. "Everything passes" and "everything vanishes " - at first ,they sound tautological? "pass" is an act of going past and does not necessarily imply disappearance. "vanish" is s...

  Posted on 4 April 2017 | 7:46 am

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