Potential Titles: Plato

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O'er the scrolls of starry Plato bow - Benjamin West Ball "Love's Labor Lost"

And blessed by Plato's snow - Stephen Vincent Benet "Lost Lights"

Where great Plato paced serene - Lewis Carroll "Fame's Penny-Trumpet"

When Plato was a certainty - Emily Dickinson "Book 1: Life: X In a Library"

Though in clear Plato's stream I look no more - Maurice F. Egan "The Chrysalis of a Bookworm" [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Oct. 1877 v.XX no.118]

Forward far as Plato looked - Charlotte Perkins Gilman "Why Not?"

Who dreams with Plato - Lionel Johnson "The Classics"

Vainly might Plato's head revolve it - Sidney Lanier "The Symphony" [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, June 1875, v.XV]

Or unsphere the spirit of Plato - John Milton "Il Penseroso"

Drew iron tears down Plato's cheek - John Milton "Il Penseroso"

Brought to birth what Plato saw - Alfred Noyes "Aristotle"

each tree a version of Plato's vision - Brian Teare "Convince me you have a seed there"


The mean annual rainfall on Plato's Republic - Howard Nemerov "To David, About His Education"


Always true to the Platonic ideal he dreams of - Duane Ackerson "The Painting Speaks"

Cosmic mysteries trapped in Platonic shells - Alexandra Seidel "Kepler's Music"


Its Platonized embodiment of worth - E.O.H. "Dreams" [Graham's Magazine v.XXXIII no.4, Oct. 1848]


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