A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... Head , but cannot break his Sleep . I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Cæsar bled ; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropped in her Lap from some once lovely Head . And this reviving Herb whose ...
... Head , but cannot break his Sleep . I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Cæsar bled ; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropped in her Lap from some once lovely Head . And this reviving Herb whose ...
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... head , brutal arm appear , Belly , shoulder , bum , Flash fishlike ; nymphs and satyrs Copulate in the foam . LAPIS LAZULI I HAVE heard that hysterical women say They are sick of the palette and fiddle - bow , Of poets that are always ...
... head , brutal arm appear , Belly , shoulder , bum , Flash fishlike ; nymphs and satyrs Copulate in the foam . LAPIS LAZULI I HAVE heard that hysterical women say They are sick of the palette and fiddle - bow , Of poets that are always ...
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... head , dreamily , as one who has drunken , And flickered his tongue like a forked night on the air , so black , Seeming to lick his lips , And looked around like a god , unseeing , into the air , And slowly turned his head , And slowly ...
... head , dreamily , as one who has drunken , And flickered his tongue like a forked night on the air , so black , Seeming to lick his lips , And looked around like a god , unseeing , into the air , And slowly turned his head , And slowly ...
Contents
The Chief Poets 1500 to 1900 | 3 |
Songs | 17 |
William Cartright | 203 |
Copyright | |
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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