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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... dark night Before true light ! 50 To live in grots and caves , and hate the day Because it shows the way , The way , which from this dead and dark abode Leads up to God , A way where you might tread the sun , and be 55 More bright than ...
... dark night Before true light ! 50 To live in grots and caves , and hate the day Because it shows the way , The way , which from this dead and dark abode Leads up to God , A way where you might tread the sun , and be 55 More bright than ...
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... dark to be from the white heads of old mothers , Darker than the colorless beards of old men , Dark to come from under the faint red roofs of mouths . 20 OI perceive after all so many uttering tongues , And I perceive they do not come ...
... dark to be from the white heads of old mothers , Darker than the colorless beards of old men , Dark to come from under the faint red roofs of mouths . 20 OI perceive after all so many uttering tongues , And I perceive they do not come ...
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Limited to the Chief Poets Louis Untermeyer. Down , down , down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go , the ... Dark empty and the withered grass And through the twilight now the late Few travelers in the westward pass 15 And ...
Limited to the Chief Poets Louis Untermeyer. Down , down , down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go , the ... Dark empty and the withered grass And through the twilight now the late Few travelers in the westward pass 15 And ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
Copyright | |
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