American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... O'er the waves dost thou fly ? O , rather , bird , with me Through the fair land rejoice ! Thy flitting form comes ghostly dim and pale , As driven by a beating storm at sea ; Thy cry is weak and scared , As if thy mates had shared The ...
... O'er the waves dost thou fly ? O , rather , bird , with me Through the fair land rejoice ! Thy flitting form comes ghostly dim and pale , As driven by a beating storm at sea ; Thy cry is weak and scared , As if thy mates had shared The ...
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... o'er thy sheltered nest . Thou'rt gone , the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet , on my heart Deeply has sunk the lesson thou hast given , And shall not soon depart . He who , from zone to zone , Guides through the ...
... o'er thy sheltered nest . Thou'rt gone , the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet , on my heart Deeply has sunk the lesson thou hast given , And shall not soon depart . He who , from zone to zone , Guides through the ...
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... o'er the brave ; When death , careering on the gale , Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail , And freighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack , Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee ...
... o'er the brave ; When death , careering on the gale , Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail , And freighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack , Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
from Contemplations | 11 |
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 17671848 | 17 |
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Atlantic beauty bells beneath bird blood bloom blue bones breast breath cloud cold CONRAD AIKEN Copyright dark dead death door dream dust E. E. CUMMINGS earth ELINOR WYLIE EMILY DICKINSON eyes face fall feet floating flower four lean hounds GEORGE DILLON girls gold golden golden girls Goya grass green HART CRANE heart heaven hill hounds crouched low KARL SHAPIRO land leaf lean hounds crouched LÉONIE ADAMS light living look LOUISE BOGAN love riding low and smiling lyric never night pale Poems rain ROBERT FROST ROBINSON JEFFERS rooster rose Sailor sang shadow shine shore silent silver dawn singing skies sleep snow song soul sound spring star stare steeple-jack stones stream summer sweet thee thine thing thou tide trees TRUMBULL STICKNEY VINCENT MILLAY voice walk WALLACE STEVENS watch waves weeping wind wings world goes turning