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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... wild - born falcon with clipped wing , To whom the boundless air alone were home : Then came his fit again , which to o'ercome , As eagerly the barred - up bird will beat His breast and beak against his wiry dome 130 Till the blood ...
... wild - born falcon with clipped wing , To whom the boundless air alone were home : Then came his fit again , which to o'ercome , As eagerly the barred - up bird will beat His breast and beak against his wiry dome 130 Till the blood ...
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... wild , and manna dew , And sure in language strange she said , " I love thee true ! " She took me to her elfin grot , And there she gazed and sighed deep , And there I shut her wild , sad eyes- So kissed to sleep . 25 30 And there we ...
... wild , and manna dew , And sure in language strange she said , " I love thee true ! " She took me to her elfin grot , And there she gazed and sighed deep , And there I shut her wild , sad eyes- So kissed to sleep . 25 30 And there we ...
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... wild bells , to the wild sky , The flying cloud , the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out , wild bells , and let him die . Ring out the old , ring in the new , Ring , happy bells , across the snow : The year is ...
... wild bells , to the wild sky , The flying cloud , the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out , wild bells , and let him die . Ring out the old , ring in the new , Ring , happy bells , across the snow : The year is ...
Contents
OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
Copyright | |
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