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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... SPIRIT SEAL A slumber did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears : She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years . No motion has she now , no force ; She neither hears nor sees ; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course ...
... SPIRIT SEAL A slumber did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears : She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years . No motion has she now , no force ; She neither hears nor sees ; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course ...
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... spirit drinks till the brain is wild ; Softest grave of a thousand fears , Where their mother , Care , like a drowsy child , Is laid asleep in flowers . SPIRIT OF DELIGHT Rarely , rarely comest thou , Spirit of Delight ! Wherefore hast ...
... spirit drinks till the brain is wild ; Softest grave of a thousand fears , Where their mother , Care , like a drowsy child , Is laid asleep in flowers . SPIRIT OF DELIGHT Rarely , rarely comest thou , Spirit of Delight ! Wherefore hast ...
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... spirit's self has ceased to burn , With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn . 355 360 He lives , he wakes - ' tis Death is dead , not he ; Mourn not for Adonais . - Thou young Dawn , Turn all thy dew to splendor , for from thee The ...
... spirit's self has ceased to burn , With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn . 355 360 He lives , he wakes - ' tis Death is dead , not he ; Mourn not for Adonais . - Thou young Dawn , Turn all thy dew to splendor , for from thee The ...
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OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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