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'Porphyro' we know to be Louis Napoleon, but who are 'Rodomant and Diamid?'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 Various
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What exactly happens to the lovers in the key moment when Porphyro invades her dream?
Ode on a Grecian Urn 2003
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Keats, the passionate poet dead at twenty-five, tells the story of the lover Porphyro, searching for a way to win his beloved Madeline, whose family will not allow them to marry.
Geography of the Heart Fention Johnson 1996
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Keats, the passionate poet dead at twenty-five, tells the story of the lover Porphyro, searching for a way to win his beloved Madeline, whose family will not allow them to marry.
Geography of the Heart Fention Johnson 1996
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Keats, the passionate poet dead at twenty-five, tells the story of the lover Porphyro, searching for a way to win his beloved Madeline, whose family will not allow them to marry.
Geography of the Heart Fention Johnson 1996
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Keats, the passionate poet dead at twenty-five, tells the story of the lover Porphyro, searching for a way to win his beloved Madeline, whose family will not allow them to marry.
Geography of the Heart Fention Johnson 1996
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The "swoony" element in Keats 'sensuality (as when Porphyro grows "faint") I tried hard to like, and failed.
Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955
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This man was engaged on a work of exquisite proportions -- 'Madeline and Porphyro' he called it.
An Old Meerschaum From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) David Christie Murray
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"Porphyro grew faint," the poet assures us, as he stood in
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Various
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The simple theme, the easy measure, have been his choice; while he is a very Porphyro in the profusion with which he heaps his board with delicates: --
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various
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