A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... earth did ring For joy our Lord was born . O they sailed into Bethlehem , To Bethlehem , to Bethlehem ; St. Michael was the sterèsman , St. John sate in the horn . And all the bells on earth did ring , On earth did ring , on earth did ...
... earth did ring For joy our Lord was born . O they sailed into Bethlehem , To Bethlehem , to Bethlehem ; St. Michael was the sterèsman , St. John sate in the horn . And all the bells on earth did ring , On earth did ring , on earth did ...
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... Earth , with approbation marks The just man , and divulges him through Heaven To all his Angels , who with true applause Recount his praises ; thus he did to Job , When to extend his fame through Heaven and Earth , As thou to thy ...
... Earth , with approbation marks The just man , and divulges him through Heaven To all his Angels , who with true applause Recount his praises ; thus he did to Job , When to extend his fame through Heaven and Earth , As thou to thy ...
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... earth brown , earth golden from the burning burn- ing bowels of the earth On the day of Sicilian July , with Etna smoking The voice of my education said to me He must be killed , For in Sicily the black , black snakes are innocent , the ...
... earth brown , earth golden from the burning burn- ing bowels of the earth On the day of Sicilian July , with Etna smoking The voice of my education said to me He must be killed , For in Sicily the black , black snakes are innocent , the ...
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