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Word: wanderings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...ALONE I wander at the midnight hour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIDNIGHT. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

...many sonnets and odes are there in which we have to wander through endless similes and comparisons to reach a point which is generally blunted by the very additions which are meant to adorn it! It is undeniable that a certain amount of figurative language is beautiful in a poem; indeed, if used with taste and skill, it may constitute the poem itself; but how much more true feeling there is in a sentiment when plainly and simply expressed, than when it is encumbered with an excess of figurative language! For instance, compare the two expressions: "Wilt thou remember...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WORD ABOUT POETRY. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

...wander o'er the river in my birchen bark canoe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN INDIAN SUMMER'S DREAM. | 11/21/1873 | See Source »

...whene'er his hand would wander...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOVE AND CHECKERS. | 10/24/1873 | See Source »

Wild bees wander murmuring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 10/24/1873 | See Source »

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