The Book of Living Verse: Limited to the Chief PoetsLouis Untermeyer Emphasizes 57 poets and their poetry that has persisted in spite of changing times and shifting tastes. |
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... hear the echoes through the mountains throng ; The winds come to me from the fields of sleep , And all the earth is gay ; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity , And with the heart of May Doth every beast keep holiday ; — Thou ...
... hear the echoes through the mountains throng ; The winds come to me from the fields of sleep , And all the earth is gay ; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity , And with the heart of May Doth every beast keep holiday ; — Thou ...
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... hear your notes , I hear your call , I hear , I come presently , I understand you , But a moment I linger , for the lustrous star has detained me , The star my departing comrade holds and detains me . 70 10 O how shall I warble myself ...
... hear your notes , I hear your call , I hear , I come presently , I understand you , But a moment I linger , for the lustrous star has detained me , The star my departing comrade holds and detains me . 70 10 O how shall I warble myself ...
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... hear , the people all exulting , While follow eyes the steady keel , the vessel grim and daring ; But O heart ! heart ! heart ! O the bleeding drops of red . Where on the deck my Captain lies , Fallen cold and dead . 5 O Captain ! my ...
... hear , the people all exulting , While follow eyes the steady keel , the vessel grim and daring ; But O heart ! heart ! heart ! O the bleeding drops of red . Where on the deck my Captain lies , Fallen cold and dead . 5 O Captain ! my ...
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OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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Annabel Lee beauty beneath bird blow breast breath bright Camelot cloud dark dead dear death deep delight dost doth dream dust E. E. Cummings earth Emily Dickinson eternal eyes face fair fear flowers gold golden grass grave green hair hand hath hear heard heart Heaven king King Arthur kiss lady Lady of Shalott leaves light lips live look Lord Lord Randal lovers moon morning mortal mother never night o'er once pain pale Poems praise Ring rose round shadow shine sigh silent sing Sir Bedivere Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring stars Stephen Vincent Benét stream sweet T. S. Eliot tears thee thine things thou art thought tree unto voice W. H. Auden wandering waves weary weep wild wind wings