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Poems of Henry Timrod
Poems of Henry Timrod

Chapter III · Chapter 3

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"After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."
Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.
"A calm, a beautiful, a sacred star."
The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.
Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!
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Poems of Henry Timrod

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of Poems of Henry Timrod is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."
Line 2
Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.
Line 3
"A calm, a beautiful, a sacred star."
Line 4
The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.
Line 5
Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

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a

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

After

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From this reading "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."

all

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

and

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

as

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

atoms

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

beautiful

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From this reading "A calm, a beautiful, a sacred star."

believed

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

bruised

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

calm

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From this reading "A calm, a beautiful, a sacred star."

clod

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

Conscious

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

contemplation

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

creed

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

death

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

decaying

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

earth

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

exalted

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

expressed

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

fever

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From this reading "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."

fitful

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From this reading "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."

from

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

Genius

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

he

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From this reading "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."

heaven

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

his

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

impress

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

in

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

infinitely

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

instinctively

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

life

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

life's

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From this reading "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."

look

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

material

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

mere

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

mission

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

most

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

mouldering

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

must

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

of

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

on

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

Poesy

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

poet

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

poetic

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

power

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

prophet

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

quiet

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

radiant

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

redemption

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

repose

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

reverently

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

sacred

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From this reading "A calm, a beautiful, a sacred star."

set

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

skeptical

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

sleeps

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From this reading "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."

spirit

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

star

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From this reading "A calm, a beautiful, a sacred star."

SUCH

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

surely

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

teacher

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From this reading Conscious of his power, he reverently believed in the mission of the poet as prophet and teacher,-- "The mission of Genius on Earth!

the

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

thinkers

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

this

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

Timrod

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

to

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

upon

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

Vision

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

well

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From this reading "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."

work

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From this reading The poetic creed of Timrod, expressed in his "Vision of Poesy", set the impress upon all his work.

Yet

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From this reading Yet, from this mere material repose, this quiet of decaying atoms, surely the most skeptical of thinkers, in contemplation of SUCH a life and SUCH a death, must instinctively look from earth to heaven; from the bruised and mouldering clod to the spirit infinitely exalted, and radiant in redemption.

Chapter 3 of Poems of Henry Timrod by Henry Timrod holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 3 of Poems of Henry Timrod contain?

Chapter 3 holds 118 sentences of Poems of Henry Timrod, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.

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Introduction
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Judge
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George
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