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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... leaves ? Echo : Leaves . And are there any leaves that still abide ? Echo : Bide . What leaves are they ? impart the matter wholly . Echo : Holy . Are holy leaves the Echo , then , of bliss ? Echo : Yes . Then tell me , what is that ...
... leaves ? Echo : Leaves . And are there any leaves that still abide ? Echo : Bide . What leaves are they ? impart the matter wholly . Echo : Holy . Are holy leaves the Echo , then , of bliss ? Echo : Yes . Then tell me , what is that ...
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... leaf , a cloud ! I fall upon the thorns of life ! I bleed ! A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee : tameless , and swift , and proud . V Make me thy lyre , even as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling ...
... leaf , a cloud ! I fall upon the thorns of life ! I bleed ! A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee : tameless , and swift , and proud . V Make me thy lyre , even as the forest is : What if my leaves are falling ...
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... leaves bare Her bright breast shortening into sighs ; The wild vine slips with the weight of its leaves , But the berried ivy catches and cleaves To the limbs that glitter , the feet that scare The wolf that follows , the fawn that ...
... leaves bare Her bright breast shortening into sighs ; The wild vine slips with the weight of its leaves , But the berried ivy catches and cleaves To the limbs that glitter , the feet that scare The wolf that follows , the fawn that ...
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