The Book of Living Verse: Limited to the Chief PoetsLouis Untermeyer |
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... pass away . 430 Go thou to Rome - at once the Paradise , The grave , the city , and the wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise , 435 And flowering weeds and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desulation's ...
... pass away . 430 Go thou to Rome - at once the Paradise , The grave , the city , and the wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise , 435 And flowering weeds and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desulation's ...
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... passing the endless grass , Passing the yellow - speared wheat , every grain from its shroud in the dark - brown fields uprisen , Passing the apple - tree blows of white and pink in the orchards , Carrying a corpse to where it shall ...
... passing the endless grass , Passing the yellow - speared wheat , every grain from its shroud in the dark - brown fields uprisen , Passing the apple - tree blows of white and pink in the orchards , Carrying a corpse to where it shall ...
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... passing through the strange . Water and saltness held together To tread the dust and stand the weather , And plough the field and stretch the tether , To pass the wine - cup and be witty , Water the sands and build the city , Slaughter ...
... passing through the strange . Water and saltness held together To tread the dust and stand the weather , And plough the field and stretch the tether , To pass the wine - cup and be witty , Water the sands and build the city , Slaughter ...
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OLD ENGLISH BALLADS | 3 |
OR THE TWO SISTERS | 10 |
THE WIFE OF USHERS WELL | 16 |
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