Word: shrined
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Before the shrine of Nature, reverent...
...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 me?" and "Wilt thou preserve me in thy memory's shrine?" Who will question the superiority of the former? And is it not also more truly poetical...
Were laid in burning reverence on thy shrine...