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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... green braes , Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream , Flow gently , sweet Afton , disturb not her dream . Thou stock - dove whose echo resounds through the glen , 5 Ye wild ...
... green braes , Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream , Flow gently , sweet Afton , disturb not her dream . Thou stock - dove whose echo resounds through the glen , 5 Ye wild ...
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... green birk , How rich the hawthorn's blossom , As underneath their fragrant shade I clasped her to my bosom ! The ... green's the sod , and cauld's the clay , That wraps my Highland Mary ! O pale , pale now , those rosy lips 25 I aft hae ...
... green birk , How rich the hawthorn's blossom , As underneath their fragrant shade I clasped her to my bosom ! The ... green's the sod , and cauld's the clay , That wraps my Highland Mary ! O pale , pale now , those rosy lips 25 I aft hae ...
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... green hue , and lose themselves ' Mid groves and copses . Once again I see These hedge - rows , hardly hedge - rows , little lines Of sportive wood run wild ; these pastoral farms , Green to the very door ; and wreaths of smoke Sent up ...
... green hue , and lose themselves ' Mid groves and copses . Once again I see These hedge - rows , hardly hedge - rows , little lines Of sportive wood run wild ; these pastoral farms , Green to the very door ; and wreaths of smoke Sent up ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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