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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Page 273
... pale for weariness Of climbing heaven , and gazing on the earth , Wandering companionless Among the stars that have a different birth , - And ever changing , like a joyless eye That finds no object worth its constancy ? 2 And like a ...
... pale for weariness Of climbing heaven , and gazing on the earth , Wandering companionless Among the stars that have a different birth , - And ever changing , like a joyless eye That finds no object worth its constancy ? 2 And like a ...
Page 285
... pale flower by some sad maiden cherished , 46 And fed with true - love tears , instead of dew ; Most musical of mourners , weep anew ! 50 Thy extreme hope , the loveliest and the last , The bloom , whose petals , nipped before they blew ...
... pale flower by some sad maiden cherished , 46 And fed with true - love tears , instead of dew ; Most musical of mourners , weep anew ! 50 Thy extreme hope , the loveliest and the last , The bloom , whose petals , nipped before they blew ...
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... pale kings , and princes too , Pale warriors , death - pale were they all ; Who cried- " La belle Dame sans merci 40 Hath thee in thrall ! " I saw their starved lips in the gloam , With horrid warning gaped wide , And I awoke and found ...
... pale kings , and princes too , Pale warriors , death - pale were they all ; Who cried- " La belle Dame sans merci 40 Hath thee in thrall ! " I saw their starved lips in the gloam , With horrid warning gaped wide , And I awoke and found ...
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