A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age ; When sometime lofty towers I see down - razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the ...
... seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age ; When sometime lofty towers I see down - razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the ...
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... seen , With bowed necks , and joined hands , side - fac'd ; And one behind the other stepp'd serene , In placid sandals , and in white robes grac'd ; They pass'd , like figures on a marble urn , When shifted round to see the other side ...
... seen , With bowed necks , and joined hands , side - fac'd ; And one behind the other stepp'd serene , In placid sandals , and in white robes grac'd ; They pass'd , like figures on a marble urn , When shifted round to see the other side ...
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... seen by day . I saw it turn its body round about , And look my way ; I saw its big , fat snout Turn straight towards my face , till I was one In coldness with that statue made of stone , The one - armed sailor seen upon my right- With ...
... seen by day . I saw it turn its body round about , And look my way ; I saw its big , fat snout Turn straight towards my face , till I was one In coldness with that statue made of stone , The one - armed sailor seen upon my right- With ...
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