A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... dead with frost ere now , Enraged I write I know not what ; dead , quick , I know not how . Hard - hearted minds relent and rigour's tears abound , And envy strangely rues his end , in whom no fault she found . Knowledge her light hath ...
... dead with frost ere now , Enraged I write I know not what ; dead , quick , I know not how . Hard - hearted minds relent and rigour's tears abound , And envy strangely rues his end , in whom no fault she found . Knowledge her light hath ...
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... dead , Gone to his death - bed All under the willow - tree . See ! the white moon shines on high ; Whiter is my true - love's shroud : Whiter than the morning sky , Whiter than the evening cloud : My love is dead , Gone to his death ...
... dead , Gone to his death - bed All under the willow - tree . See ! the white moon shines on high ; Whiter is my true - love's shroud : Whiter than the morning sky , Whiter than the evening cloud : My love is dead , Gone to his death ...
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... dead men lay . I look'd to heaven , and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht , A wicked whisper came , and made My heart as dry as dust . I closed my lids , and kept them close , And the balls like pulses beat ; But the sky ...
... dead men lay . I look'd to heaven , and tried to pray ; But or ever a prayer had gusht , A wicked whisper came , and made My heart as dry as dust . I closed my lids , and kept them close , And the balls like pulses beat ; But the sky ...
Contents
The Chief Poets 1500 to 1900 | 3 |
Songs | 17 |
William Cartright | 203 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
A. E. Housman beauty birds blood blow breast breath bright burning clouds cold Danny Deever dark dead dear death deep doth dream dust Dylan Thomas earth eternal eyes face fair fall fear fire flowers glory grave green Gunga Din hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven hill honour kiss land leaves light lips live look Lord Lord Randal love's lovers mind moon morning never night o'er pain poems poets praise rain Robert Bridges Robert Graves rose round Samian wine shadow shine ship sigh silent sing sleep smile snow song soul spirit spring stars strange sweet T. S. Eliot tears tell thee thine things thou art thought tree turn unto voice W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden W. H. Davies weep wild wind wings wonder youth