The epigraph of this poem comes from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and many of the poem's lines reference A.C. Benson's biography of Edward Fitzgerald as well as The Education of Henry Adams.
The epigraph of this poem comes from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and many of the poem's lines reference A.C. Benson's biography of Edward Fitzgerald as well as The Education of Henry Adams. In a famous passage, the narrator responds to the question "after such knowledge, what forgiveness?" by considering the nature of history, which he personifies as a woman. FTP, the narrator concludes the passage with "these tears are shaken from the wrath- bearing tree" in what 1920 poem by TS Eliot?
The epigraph of this poem comes from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and many of the poem's lines reference A.C. Benson's biography of Edward Fitzgerald as well as The Education of Henry Adams.
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