A Treasury of Great Poems: English and American, from the Foundations of the English Spirit to the Outstanding Poetry of Our Own Time, with Lives of the Poets and Historical SettingsLouis Untermeyer |
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... O'er lawyers ' fingers , who straight dream on fees ; O'er ladies ' lips , who straight on kisses dream , Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues , Because their breath with sweetmeats tainted are . Sometimes she gallops o'er a ...
... O'er lawyers ' fingers , who straight dream on fees ; O'er ladies ' lips , who straight on kisses dream , Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues , Because their breath with sweetmeats tainted are . Sometimes she gallops o'er a ...
Page 531
... o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky , The eternal snows appear already past , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But , those attained , we tremble to survey The growing labors of the lengthened way , The ...
... o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky , The eternal snows appear already past , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last ; But , those attained , we tremble to survey The growing labors of the lengthened way , The ...
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... O'er the smooth enameled green Of a ' the airts the wind can blaw Of Adam's first wife , Lilith , it is told Of all the souls that stand create 126 412 730 306 1008 748 1034 624 443 612 934 916 616 Oh ! sing unto my roundelay Oh , to be ...
... O'er the smooth enameled green Of a ' the airts the wind can blaw Of Adam's first wife , Lilith , it is told Of all the souls that stand create 126 412 730 306 1008 748 1034 624 443 612 934 916 616 Oh ! sing unto my roundelay Oh , to be ...
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ballad beauty Ben Jonson birds born breast breath bright CANTERBURY TALES captain's gig Chanticleer Chaucer child Childe Maurice dark dead dear death delight doth dream earth Emily Dickinson English eyes fair father fear fire flowers glory grace green hair hand hast hath hear heard heart heaven IHE UNIVERSITY Keats king kiss lady leaves light lips live look Lord Lord Randal love's lover MICHIGAN LIBRARIES mind moon mordre morning never night o'er passion play pleasure poems poet poetry praise rose RUBÁIYÁT Shakespeare Shelley sighs sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile song sonnets soul sound spirit spring stars sweet T. S. Eliot TAMBURLAINE tears tell thee thine things thou art thought tree turned UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN unto verse voice weep Westminster Abbey wild wind wings Wordsworth wrote young youth