Sir Thomas Wyatt is trapped by his own conflicting desires.
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A Leave-Taking
Charles Swinburne says he’ll do anything for love – but does he mean it?
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Percy Bysshe Shelley wrestles with depression in a poem that seems to anticipate his own destiny.
ReadThe Flower-Fed Buffaloes
Vachel Lindsay laments a vanished way of life.
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James Joyce suffers from terrible nightmares.
ReadDover Beach
Armies of ignorance conquer all in Matthew Arnold’s dark and disturbing vision of the world.
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