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...dead deathless hour," — but also the vital and primal element of its being; its face and converse. "A sonnet is a coin : its face reveals The soul — its converse to what Power 'tis due." It is this bipartite nature, then, which is the true seal of the sonnet ; and Rossetti's success as...

...Whether for lustral rite or dire portent, Of its own arduous fullness reverent: Carve it in ivory or in ebony, As Day or Night may rule ; and let time see...to the august appeals Of Life, or dower in Love's high retinue, It serve : or, 'mid the dark wharf's cavernous breath, In Charon's palm it pay the toll...

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...own arduous fulness reverent: Carve it in ivory or in ebony, As Day or Night may rule; and let Tin see Its flowering crest impearled and orient. A Sonnet...reveals The soul, — its converse, to what Power 't is due: — Amoretti Whether for tribute to the august appeals Of Life, or dower in Love's high...

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...Whether for lustral rite or dire portent, Of its own arduous fulness reverent : Carve it in ivory or in ebony, As Day or Night may rule; and let Time see Its flowering crest impearlcd and orient. A Sonnet is a coin : its face reveals The soul. — its converse, to what Power...