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Rushy Camus
Personification of the River Cam in the odes.
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First appearance: ode on a distant prospect of eton college
Rushy Camus shows up with force in Ode for Music. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Willowy Camus lingers with delight in the groves of Contemplation.
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In Ode for Music: Willowy Camus lingers with delight in the groves of Contemplation. Later, in Hymn to Ignorance: Mentioned as the personification of the River Cam, whose slowly-winding flood perpetually draws a humid…
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The emotional peak occurs in the final couplet, where the idealized heroism of "Victor he stood" is abruptly s…
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