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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... breath grew strang , her hair grew lang , And twisted thrice about the tree , 15 And all the people , far and near , Thought that a savage beast was she . These news did come to Kemp Owyne , Where he lived far beyond the sea ; He hasted ...
... breath grew strang , her hair grew lang , And twisted thrice about the tree , 15 And all the people , far and near , Thought that a savage beast was she . These news did come to Kemp Owyne , Where he lived far beyond the sea ; He hasted ...
Page 410
... breath , Life glistens on the river of the death . It folds us , flesh and dust ; and have we knelt , Or never knelt , or eyed as kine the springs Of radiance , the radiance enrings : And this is the soul's haven to have felt . FROM ...
... breath , Life glistens on the river of the death . It folds us , flesh and dust ; and have we knelt , Or never knelt , or eyed as kine the springs Of radiance , the radiance enrings : And this is the soul's haven to have felt . FROM ...
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... breath , As breath relinquish heaven's atmosphere , Yet in it have no share , Nor can survive therein Where its outer edge is filtered pure and thin : It doth but lend its crystal to his lungs For his early crying , and his final songs ...
... breath , As breath relinquish heaven's atmosphere , Yet in it have no share , Nor can survive therein Where its outer edge is filtered pure and thin : It doth but lend its crystal to his lungs For his early crying , and his final songs ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
Copyright | |
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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