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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... WAVES Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore , So do our minutes hasten to their end ; Each changing place with that which goes before , In sequent toil all forwards do contend . Nativity , once in the main of light , Crawls ...
... WAVES Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore , So do our minutes hasten to their end ; Each changing place with that which goes before , In sequent toil all forwards do contend . Nativity , once in the main of light , Crawls ...
Page 426
... waves ' riot In doubtful dreams of dreams ; I watch the green field growing For reaping folk and sowing , For harvest - time and mowing , A sleepy world of streams . I am tired of tears and laughter , And men that laugh and weep ; Of ...
... waves ' riot In doubtful dreams of dreams ; I watch the green field growing For reaping folk and sowing , For harvest - time and mowing , A sleepy world of streams . I am tired of tears and laughter , And men that laugh and weep ; Of ...
Page 443
... wave - there is a movement there ! As if the towers had thrust aside , In slightly sinking , the dull tide- As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven . 45 The waves have now a redder glow- The hours are breathing ...
... wave - there is a movement there ! As if the towers had thrust aside , In slightly sinking , the dull tide- As if their tops had feebly given A void within the filmy Heaven . 45 The waves have now a redder glow- The hours are breathing ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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