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The Battle of the Bays

by Owen Seaman

Level C2 · ProficientPoetry18 chapters
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Length
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About this book

Dive into a vivid poetic journey through youthful passions, renunciations, and bold declarations against kings and matrons, as the speaker reflects on love, freedom, and fleeting delights with biting wit and lyrical charm.

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18 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CONTENTS.
03I. THE BATTLE OF THE BAYS.
04II. TO MR. WILLIAM WATSON.
05III. ENGLAND’S ALFRED ABROAD.
06IV. LILITH LIBIFERA.
07V. ARS POSTERA.
08VI. A NEW BLUE BOOK.
09VII. TO A BOY-POET OF THE DECADENCE.
10VIII. TO JULIA IN SHOOTING TOGSand a Herrickose vein.
11IX. THE LINKS OF LOVE.
12Part I. Presto Furioso.

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