A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast . I saw a third - I heard his voice : It is the Hermit good ! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes in the wood . He'll shrieve my soul ...
... heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast . I saw a third - I heard his voice : It is the Hermit good ! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes in the wood . He'll shrieve my soul ...
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... heard one of these ? The babble - wren and nightingale Sang in the Abyssinian vale That season of the year ! Yet , true enough , I heard them plain , I heard them both again , again , As sharp and sweet and clear As if the Abyssinian ...
... heard one of these ? The babble - wren and nightingale Sang in the Abyssinian vale That season of the year ! Yet , true enough , I heard them plain , I heard them both again , again , As sharp and sweet and clear As if the Abyssinian ...
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... heard them lift their lyric might With each and every chanting sprite That lit the sky that wondrous night As far as eye could climb ! I heard it all , I heard the whole Harmonious hymn of being roll Up through the chapel of my soul And ...
... heard them lift their lyric might With each and every chanting sprite That lit the sky that wondrous night As far as eye could climb ! I heard it all , I heard the whole Harmonious hymn of being roll Up through the chapel of my soul And ...
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