Past the obvious Keats bird, a touch of Lycidas & co. in the form and flora and presumably some bits of Lowell himself, I'm wondering how much Diffugere Nives lies behind North Haven. Maybe even Housman's version, since she was a fan of his
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Sad, fun leaving him at a loss - forgot these parts. And "derange," but must have remembered them on some level as they support what I'm saying better than anything I allude to does. Criticism of religion is here too, just as in the fire balloon poem.
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