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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... hour it will be worn out ! First of November , ' Fifty - five ! This morning the parson takes a drive . Now , small boys , get out of the way ! Here comes the wonderful one - hoss shay , Drawn by a rat - tailed , ewe - necked bay ...
... hour it will be worn out ! First of November , ' Fifty - five ! This morning the parson takes a drive . Now , small boys , get out of the way ! Here comes the wonderful one - hoss shay , Drawn by a rat - tailed , ewe - necked bay ...
Page 92
... hours She has a voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings , with a mild And healing sympathy , that steals away Their sharpness , ere he is aware . When thoughts Of the last bitter hour ...
... hours She has a voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings , with a mild And healing sympathy , that steals away Their sharpness , ere he is aware . When thoughts Of the last bitter hour ...
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... Hour . I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet , The sound of a door that is opened , And voices soft and sweet . From my study I see in the lamplight , Descending the broad hall stair , Grave Alice and laughing Allegra ...
... Hour . I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet , The sound of a door that is opened , And voices soft and sweet . From my study I see in the lamplight , Descending the broad hall stair , Grave Alice and laughing Allegra ...
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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