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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... but one good word ; What shall we do when hope is gone ? " The words leapt like a leaping sword : " Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on ! " Then , pale and worn , he kept his deck. 38 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE FAMOUS POEMS.
... but one good word ; What shall we do when hope is gone ? " The words leapt like a leaping sword : " Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on ! " Then , pale and worn , he kept his deck. 38 ONE HUNDRED AND ONE FAMOUS POEMS.
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... hope , to - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost , a killing frost ; And - when he thinks , good easy man , full surely His greatness is a - ripening - nips his root , And then he ...
... hope , to - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost , a killing frost ; And - when he thinks , good easy man , full surely His greatness is a - ripening - nips his root , And then he ...
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... hope , we aspire , we resolve , we trust , When the morning calls us to life and light , But our hearts grow weary , and , ere the night , Our lives are trailing the sordid dust . We hope , we resolve , we aspire , we pray , And we ...
... hope , we aspire , we resolve , we trust , When the morning calls us to life and light , But our hearts grow weary , and , ere the night , Our lives are trailing the sordid dust . We hope , we resolve , we aspire , we pray , And we ...
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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