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Word: lyre (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are many today who would fill the place with patriotic dullness; John Masefield can, it is to be hoped, pluck the lyre of the Empire with greater else than some of his predecessors. The late Robert Bridges often refused to sing; may his successor follow the same path. There are more things for a Laureate to do than merely to chirp either at the royal or even the national behest. The position is as much one of honor as a lease upon his genius, and should it deprive us of the vigorous Masefield, and give us a patriotic poet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CROWNING KING COLE | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

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