Famous Poems from Bygone DaysMartin Gardner Courier Corporation, 20 лют. 2013 р. - 208 стор. Over 80 poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries, from Hugh Antoine d'Arcy's "The Face on the Barroom Floor" to Phila Henrietta Chase's "Nobody’s Child," rich in rhythm and rhyme, filled with feelings and stories about love and war, ships and the sea, farms and family, life and death, heaven and hell. Introduction. Brief biographies of each poet. Alphabetical indexes of titles and first lines. |
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... Night, The Matron of the Chair; Guido's fleet coursers in their flight, And Claudes, at least a pair. I want a cabinet profuse Of medals, coins, and gems; A printing-press for private use, Of fifty thousand ems; And plants, and minerals ...
... Night, The Matron of the Chair; Guido's fleet coursers in their flight, And Claudes, at least a pair. I want a cabinet profuse Of medals, coins, and gems; A printing-press for private use, Of fifty thousand ems; And plants, and minerals ...
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... night my weary head Begins to droop and doze, A chamber south, to hold my bed, For nature's soft repose; With blankets, counterpanes, and sheet, Mattress, and sack of down, And comfortables for my feet, And pillows for my crown. I want ...
... night my weary head Begins to droop and doze, A chamber south, to hold my bed, For nature's soft repose; With blankets, counterpanes, and sheet, Mattress, and sack of down, And comfortables for my feet, And pillows for my crown. I want ...
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... night, to ply the task Her cup of bliss to fill. I want the voice of honest praise To follow me behind, And to be thought in future days The friend of human kind, That after ages, as they rise, Exulting may proclaim In choral union to ...
... night, to ply the task Her cup of bliss to fill. I want the voice of honest praise To follow me behind, And to be thought in future days The friend of human kind, That after ages, as they rise, Exulting may proclaim In choral union to ...
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... .” And “somebody's mother” bowed low her head In her home that night, and the prayer she said Was “God be kind to the noble boy, Who is somebody's son, and pride and joy!” THOMAS EDWARD BROWN (1830–1897) A PRIEST in the Church of.
... .” And “somebody's mother” bowed low her head In her home that night, and the prayer she said Was “God be kind to the noble boy, Who is somebody's son, and pride and joy!” THOMAS EDWARD BROWN (1830–1897) A PRIEST in the Church of.
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... Night” and “Pippa's Song.” Perhaps even more admired and anthologized in the nineteenth century was “Prospice,” a Latin word meaning “look forward.” Written shortly after his wife's death, it is surely the greatest poem in English on ...
... Night” and “Pippa's Song.” Perhaps even more admired and anthologized in the nineteenth century was “Prospice,” a Latin word meaning “look forward.” Written shortly after his wife's death, it is surely the greatest poem in English on ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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