101 Famous PoemsRoy Cook Nature, man and human history are reflected on in the verse of English and American poets and such prose works as the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence. |
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... hath burned Since the first man stood God - conquered with his face to heaven upturned . For humanity sweeps onward : where today the martyr stands , On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross ...
... hath burned Since the first man stood God - conquered with his face to heaven upturned . For humanity sweeps onward : where today the martyr stands , On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross ...
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... hath in her own natural kind , And , even with something of a Mother's mind , And no unworthy aim , The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster - child , her Inmate Man , Forget the glories he hath known , And the imperial ...
... hath in her own natural kind , And , even with something of a Mother's mind , And no unworthy aim , The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster - child , her Inmate Man , Forget the glories he hath known , And the imperial ...
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... hath lent thee by these angels he hath sent thee Respite - respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff , O quaff this kind nepenthe , and forget this lost Lenore ! " Quoth the raven , " Nevermore ! " " Prophet ! " said I ...
... hath lent thee by these angels he hath sent thee Respite - respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore ! Quaff , O quaff this kind nepenthe , and forget this lost Lenore ! " Quoth the raven , " Nevermore ! " " Prophet ! " said I ...
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April 23 arms beauty bells beneath Bettmann bird blessed Born April Born August Born December brave breast breath Christmas cloud Copyright cuddle doon dark dead death died April 23 died July died October door doth dream dust earth EDWIN MARKHAM EUGENE FIELD eyes face February 27 feel feet flowers glory hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hills of Habersham Horatius James Whitcomb Riley Keep a-goin Lars Porsena laugh light live look Lord March 24 moon moonlight never Nevermore night Nokomis o'er Old Aunt Mary's pass plants a tree Poems rain rendezvous with Death riding round sail shore silence sing sleep smile song soul stars stood sweet thee thine things Thou shalt thought truth turned VACHEL LINDSAY valleys of Hall wall WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind