The Book of Living Verse: Limited to the Chief PoetsLouis Untermeyer Emphasizes 57 poets instead of 167 poets as in the original edition. |
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... Heaven - for that Angels were long before this visible creation was the opinion of many ancient Fathers . To find ... Heaven hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of Hell - say first what cause Moved our grand Parents , in ...
... Heaven - for that Angels were long before this visible creation was the opinion of many ancient Fathers . To find ... Heaven hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of Hell - say first what cause Moved our grand Parents , in ...
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... Heaven , shall fail to re - ascend , Self - raised , and re - possess their native seat ? For me , be witness all the host of Heaven , If counsels different , or danger shunned By me , have lost our hopes . But he who reins Monarch in ...
... Heaven , shall fail to re - ascend , Self - raised , and re - possess their native seat ? For me , be witness all the host of Heaven , If counsels different , or danger shunned By me , have lost our hopes . But he who reins Monarch in ...
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... Heaven that He ere long Intended to create , and therein plant A generation whom his choice regard Should favor equal to the Sons of Heaven . Thither , if but to pry , shall be perhaps Our first eruption - thither , or elsewhere ; For ...
... Heaven that He ere long Intended to create , and therein plant A generation whom his choice regard Should favor equal to the Sons of Heaven . Thither , if but to pry , shall be perhaps Our first eruption - thither , or elsewhere ; For ...
Contents
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 cold dark dead dear death deep delight dost doth dream E. E. Cummings earth Emily Dickinson eternal Excalibur eyes face fair fear flowers frae glory golden grass grave green hair hand hath hear heard heart Heaven hill HOUNDS OF SPRING hour King King Arthur kiss Lady Lady of Shalott leaves light lips live look Lord lovers Lycidas mighty moon morn mortal never night nymph o'er once pain pale Ring rose round shadow shine sighed silent sing Sir Bedivere sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring stars Stephen Vincent Benét stream sweet T. S. Eliot tears Thammuz thee thine things thou art thought tree twas voice wandering waves weary weep wild wind wings