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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... seemed a little speck , And then it seemed a mist ; 150 It moved and moved , and took at last A certain shape , I wist . A speck , a mist , a shape , I wist ! And still it neared and neared : As if it dodged a water - sprite , 155 At ...
... seemed a little speck , And then it seemed a mist ; 150 It moved and moved , and took at last A certain shape , I wist . A speck , a mist , a shape , I wist ! And still it neared and neared : As if it dodged a water - sprite , 155 At ...
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... seemed the same ! And round about the keel with faces pale , Dark faces pale against that rosy flame , 25 The mild - eyed melancholy Lotos - eaters came . Branches they bore of that enchanted stem , Laden with flower and fruit , whereof ...
... seemed the same ! And round about the keel with faces pale , Dark faces pale against that rosy flame , 25 The mild - eyed melancholy Lotos - eaters came . Branches they bore of that enchanted stem , Laden with flower and fruit , whereof ...
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... seemed too much ; I lived on air That crossed me from sweet things , The flow of - was it musk From hidden grapevine springs Down hill at dusk ? I had the swirl and ache From sprays of honeysuckle That when they're gathered shake Dew on ...
... seemed too much ; I lived on air That crossed me from sweet things , The flow of - was it musk From hidden grapevine springs Down hill at dusk ? I had the swirl and ache From sprays of honeysuckle That when they're gathered shake Dew on ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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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