The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 |
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Page 1976
... Hope is no liar In whispering to me , That the ghosts would depart , When you'd me near your heart , Och hone ! Widow Machree ! Samuel Lover [ 1797-1868 ] THE PEACEABLE RACE " WHO says that the Irish are fighters be birth ? " Says ...
... Hope is no liar In whispering to me , That the ghosts would depart , When you'd me near your heart , Och hone ! Widow Machree ! Samuel Lover [ 1797-1868 ] THE PEACEABLE RACE " WHO says that the Irish are fighters be birth ? " Says ...
Page 2011
... hope that you'll comply , My glass shall ne'er run dry , Nor my smiling little cruiskeen lawn . And when grim death appears , In a few but pleasant years , To tell me that my glass has run ; I'll say , Begone , you knave , For bold ...
... hope that you'll comply , My glass shall ne'er run dry , Nor my smiling little cruiskeen lawn . And when grim death appears , In a few but pleasant years , To tell me that my glass has run ; I'll say , Begone , you knave , For bold ...
Page 2013
... Hope are my henchmen ; I am the Angel of Rest . " I am life , I am wealth , I am fame : For I captain an army • Of shining and generous dreams ; And mine , too , all mine , are the keys Of that secret spiritual shrine , Where , his work ...
... Hope are my henchmen ; I am the Angel of Rest . " I am life , I am wealth , I am fame : For I captain an army • Of shining and generous dreams ; And mine , too , all mine , are the keys Of that secret spiritual shrine , Where , his work ...
Page 2036
... Hope And washed it in permanganate with carbolated soap . In sulphrueted hydrogen they steeped its wiggly ears ; They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a pair of hard - boiled shears ; They donned their rubber mittens and they took it by ...
... Hope And washed it in permanganate with carbolated soap . In sulphrueted hydrogen they steeped its wiggly ears ; They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a pair of hard - boiled shears ; They donned their rubber mittens and they took it by ...
Page 2085
... a Mythic Beast , Who's Quite Remarkable , at Least . I NEVER saw a Purple Cow ; I never Hope to See One ; But I can Tell you , Anyhow , I'd rather See than Be One . CINQ ANS APRÈS ( Confession : and a portrait , The Purple Cow 2085.
... a Mythic Beast , Who's Quite Remarkable , at Least . I NEVER saw a Purple Cow ; I never Hope to See One ; But I can Tell you , Anyhow , I'd rather See than Be One . CINQ ANS APRÈS ( Confession : and a portrait , The Purple Cow 2085.
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Alfred Tennyson battle beneath blood blow blue Bonnie Dundee bonny boys brave breath cheer Clinton Scollard Cremona cried Danny Deever dark dark Rosaleen dead dear death deep doth dream drink dust earth England eyes face fair father fear fell fight flame frae George Gordon Byron glory grave gray green Gunga Din hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry Wadsworth Longfellow hill Judas Iscariot King kiss lady land Lars Porsena light lips live looked Lord loud merry moon morning mother ne'er never night o'er Osawatomie pray ride ring roar rose round sail Samian wine ship shore sing sleep smile song soul sound stars stood sweet sword tears tell thee There's thine things thou turned Twas voice waves wild wind wine young young Beichan