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‘O could I fly, I’d fly with thee!’

Posted on March 15, 2014 by mafalda

On the question of the authorship of the Ode to the Cuckoo, which Edmund Burke thought the most beautiful lyric in the English language, the debate is between the claims of John Logan (1748-1788), minister of South Leith, and his … Continue reading →

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