Seven Centuries of Verse, English & American, from the Early English Lyrics to the Present Day, Volume 1Arthur James Marshall Smith |
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... stars rush out : At one stride comes the dark ; With far - heard whisper , o'er the sea , Off shot the spectre - bark . 190 195 200 We listened and looked sideways up ! Fear at my heart , as at a cup , My life - blood seemed to sip ...
... stars rush out : At one stride comes the dark ; With far - heard whisper , o'er the sea , Off shot the spectre - bark . 190 195 200 We listened and looked sideways up ! Fear at my heart , as at a cup , My life - blood seemed to sip ...
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... stars all looked on ) , As we wandered together the solemn night ( for something I know not what kept me from sleep ) ... star has detained me , The star , my departing comrade , holds and detains me . 65 70 X O how shall I warble myself ...
... stars all looked on ) , As we wandered together the solemn night ( for something I know not what kept me from sleep ) ... star has detained me , The star , my departing comrade , holds and detains me . 65 70 X O how shall I warble myself ...
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... stars sang in their spheres . The sun was gone now ; the curled moon Was like a little feather 55 Fluttering far down the gulf ; and now She spoke through the still weather . Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang ...
... stars sang in their spheres . The sun was gone now ; the curled moon Was like a little feather 55 Fluttering far down the gulf ; and now She spoke through the still weather . Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang ...
Contents
PART | 3 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 11 |
ENGLISH SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS | 53 |
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A. E. Housman beauty birds bless blood blow breast breath bright Clerk Saunders cloud dance dark dead dear death deep doth dream E. E. Cummings earth eternal eyes face fair fear fire flowers glory grace grave green hair hand hath head hear heard heart heaven John Barleycorn King kiss Lady of Shalott land leave light live look Lord Lord Randal Lycidas maid moon mordre morning never night nymph o'er pleasure Poems rose round shade shine sigh sight sing Sir Bedivere sleep snow song soul sound spirit spring stars sweet Sylphs T. S. Eliot tears tell Thalestris thee Theodore Roethke thine things thou art thou hast thought tree Twas voice W. H. Auden walk waves wild wind wings wonder woods