The Poets' World: An Anthology of English PoetryJames Reeves |
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... laughed and cried , and sighed and died , To hear him beat the row , dow , dow ! A son he had , which was my dad , As brisk a lad as any , O ! You e'er would know , tho ' you should go From Chester to Kilkenny , O ! When great Wolfe ...
... laughed and cried , and sighed and died , To hear him beat the row , dow , dow ! A son he had , which was my dad , As brisk a lad as any , O ! You e'er would know , tho ' you should go From Chester to Kilkenny , O ! When great Wolfe ...
Page 245
... laughed fit to kill , and shook the town , With a philo- sophic pause . Shrilly and with a heavily accented metre . Like the wind in the chimney . All the O sounds very golden . Heavy accents very heavy . Light accents very light . Last ...
... laughed fit to kill , and shook the town , With a philo- sophic pause . Shrilly and with a heavily accented metre . Like the wind in the chimney . All the O sounds very golden . Heavy accents very heavy . Light accents very light . Last ...
Page 246
... laughed them down With a boomlay , boomlay , boomlay , BOOM . THEN I SAW THE CONGO , CREEPING THROUGH THE BLACK , CUTTING THROUGH THE FOREST WITH A GOLDEN TRACK . A negro fairyland swung into view , A minstrel river Where dreams come ...
... laughed them down With a boomlay , boomlay , boomlay , BOOM . THEN I SAW THE CONGO , CREEPING THROUGH THE BLACK , CUTTING THROUGH THE FOREST WITH A GOLDEN TRACK . A negro fairyland swung into view , A minstrel river Where dreams come ...
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