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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... thee ? Dost thou know who made thee ; Gave thee life and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead ; Gave thee clothing of delight , Softest clothing , woolly , bright ; Gave thee such a tender voice Making all the vales rejoice ...
... thee ? Dost thou know who made thee ; Gave thee life and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead ; Gave thee clothing of delight , Softest clothing , woolly , bright ; Gave thee such a tender voice Making all the vales rejoice ...
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... thee still , my dear , Till a ' the seas gang dry . Till a ' the seas gang dry , my dear , And the rocks melt wi ' the sun ; And I will luve thee still , my dear , While the sands o ' life shall run . And fare thee weel , my only luve ...
... thee still , my dear , Till a ' the seas gang dry . Till a ' the seas gang dry , my dear , And the rocks melt wi ' the sun ; And I will luve thee still , my dear , While the sands o ' life shall run . And fare thee weel , my only luve ...
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... thee glad serenades , 150 Dances for thee I propose saluting thee , adornments and feastings for thee , And the sights of the open landscape and the high - spread sky are fitting . And life and the fields , and the huge and thoughtful ...
... thee glad serenades , 150 Dances for thee I propose saluting thee , adornments and feastings for thee , And the sights of the open landscape and the high - spread sky are fitting . And life and the fields , and the huge and thoughtful ...
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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