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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... pain . But see how oft ambitious aims are crossed , And chiefs contend till all the prize is lost ! The lock , obtained with guilt , and kept with pain , In every place is sought , but sought in vain : With such a prize no mortal must ...
... pain . But see how oft ambitious aims are crossed , And chiefs contend till all the prize is lost ! The lock , obtained with guilt , and kept with pain , In every place is sought , but sought in vain : With such a prize no mortal must ...
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... pain , darkness and cold . For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave , The black minute's at end , And the elements ' rage , the fiend - voices that rave , Shall dwindle , shall blend , Shall change , shall become first a peace ...
... pain , darkness and cold . For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave , The black minute's at end , And the elements ' rage , the fiend - voices that rave , Shall dwindle , shall blend , Shall change , shall become first a peace ...
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... pain ! O wanderer from a Grecian shore , Still , after many years , in distant lands , Still nourishing in thy bewildered brain That wild , unquenched , deep - sunken , old - world pain- Say , will it never heal ? And can this fragrant ...
... pain ! O wanderer from a Grecian shore , Still , after many years , in distant lands , Still nourishing in thy bewildered brain That wild , unquenched , deep - sunken , old - world pain- Say , will it never heal ? And can this fragrant ...
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OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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