A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... True Thomas , ye maun go wi ' me ; And ye maun serve me seven years , Thro ' weal or woe as may chance to be . ' She's mounted on her milk - white steed , She's ta'en true Thomas up behind ; And aye , whene'er her bridle rang , The ...
... True Thomas , ye maun go wi ' me ; And ye maun serve me seven years , Thro ' weal or woe as may chance to be . ' She's mounted on her milk - white steed , She's ta'en true Thomas up behind ; And aye , whene'er her bridle rang , The ...
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... TRUE PASSION of my heart , WRONG not , sweet empress The merit of true passion , With thinking that he feels no smart , That sues for no compassion . Silence in love bewrays more woe Than words , though ne'er so witty : A beggar that is ...
... TRUE PASSION of my heart , WRONG not , sweet empress The merit of true passion , With thinking that he feels no smart , That sues for no compassion . Silence in love bewrays more woe Than words , though ne'er so witty : A beggar that is ...
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... true glory and renown , when God Looking on the 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 ...
... true glory and renown , when God Looking on the 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 ...
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