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The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar by Helen Vendler Poetry Empires of Clay is theOne of our foremost commentators on poetry examines the work of a broad range of nineteenth and twentieth century English, Irish, and American poets. The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar gathers two decades worth of Helen Vendlers essays, book reviews, and occasional proseincluding the 2004 Jefferson Lecturein a single volume. Taken together, they serve as a reminder that if the arts and the patina of culture they cast over the world were deleted, we