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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Page 137
... arms and trophies ; all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds : At which the universal host up - sent 540 A shout that tore Hell's concave , and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night . All in a moment through the ...
... arms and trophies ; all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds : At which the universal host up - sent 540 A shout that tore Hell's concave , and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night . All in a moment through the ...
Page 167
... arms , to arms ! " the fierce virago cries , 235 And swift as lightning to the combat flies . All side in parties , and begin the attack ; Fans clap , silks rustle , and tough whalebones crack ; 240 Heroes ' and heroines ' shouts ...
... arms , to arms ! " the fierce virago cries , 235 And swift as lightning to the combat flies . All side in parties , and begin the attack ; Fans clap , silks rustle , and tough whalebones crack ; 240 Heroes ' and heroines ' shouts ...
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... arms and her arms full of flowers , And I wonder how they should have been together ! I should have lost a gesture and a pose . Sometimes these cogitations still amaze The troubled midnight and the noon's repose . SWEENEY AMONG THE ...
... arms and her arms full of flowers , And I wonder how they should have been together ! I should have lost a gesture and a pose . Sometimes these cogitations still amaze The troubled midnight and the noon's repose . SWEENEY AMONG THE ...
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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 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