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... Heard the Learn'd Astronomer WALT WHITMAN When I heard the learn'd astronomer , And the proofs , the figures , were ranged in columns before me , When I was shown the charts and diagrams , to add , divide and measure them , When I sitting ...
... Heard the Learn'd Astronomer WALT WHITMAN When I heard the learn'd astronomer , And the proofs , the figures , were ranged in columns before me , When I was shown the charts and diagrams , to add , divide and measure them , When I sitting ...
Page 286
... heard whisper , o'er the sea , Off shot the spectre - bark . One after another , 185 190 195 200 We listened and looked sideways up ! Fear at my heart , as at a cup , 205 My life - blood seemed to sip ! The stars were dim , and thick ...
... heard whisper , o'er the sea , Off shot the spectre - bark . One after another , 185 190 195 200 We listened and looked sideways up ! Fear at my heart , as at a cup , 205 My life - blood seemed to sip ! The stars were dim , and thick ...
Page 295
... heard the dash of oars , I heard the Pilot's cheer ; My head was turned perforce away And I saw a boat appear . The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast ...
... heard the dash of oars , I heard the Pilot's cheer ; My head was turned perforce away And I saw a boat appear . The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast ...
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ancient Mariner beauty bird blood breast breath child cloud cold context Copyright curse dark dead death doth dream E. E. Cummings earth example eyes fear feel flowers hair hands hath hear heard heart heaven human iamb iambic pentameter land language light little birdie live look loud Lycidas man's meaning metaphor mind Moon morning mother move never night o'er object person POEMS FOR COMPARISON poet poet's poetic poetry quatrain rain reader RESPONSE rhyme rhythm Richard Cory RICHARD WILBUR Robert Lowell sails second poem sense sestet ship sigh silent sing slant rhyme sleep smile song sonnet soul sound spirit stanza star strange sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot thee things thou thought trees trochee verbal verse voice W. H. AUDEN walk Wallace Stevens Wedding-Guest WILLIAM BLAKE wind words youth