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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... what so much of modern free verse lacks—that magic coincidence of easily comprehended significance with a pleasing sound structure. Many of this book's poems are obviously close to what Robert Service, denigrating his own work, called ...
... what so much of modern free verse lacks—that magic coincidence of easily comprehended significance with a pleasing sound structure. Many of this book's poems are obviously close to what Robert Service, denigrating his own work, called ...
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... What first I want is daily bread— And canvas-backs—and wine— And all the realms of nature spread Before me, when I dine. Four courses scarcely can provide My appetite to quell; With four choice cooks from France JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ...
... What first I want is daily bread— And canvas-backs—and wine— And all the realms of nature spread Before me, when I dine. Four courses scarcely can provide My appetite to quell; With four choice cooks from France JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ...
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... What next I want, at princely cost, Is elegant attire: Black sable furs for winter's frost, And silks for summer's fire, And Cashmere shawls, and Brussels lace My bosom's front to deck,— And diamond rings my hands to grace, And rubies ...
... What next I want, at princely cost, Is elegant attire: Black sable furs for winter's frost, And silks for summer's fire, And Cashmere shawls, and Brussels lace My bosom's front to deck,— And diamond rings my hands to grace, And rubies ...
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... , Atheist, Gentile and Jew. Rich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags; Handsome young ladies and withered old hags; Yellow and black men, red, brown and white— All chained together! What a terrible sight. While the train ANONYMOUS.
... , Atheist, Gentile and Jew. Rich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags; Handsome young ladies and withered old hags; Yellow and black men, red, brown and white— All chained together! What a terrible sight. While the train ANONYMOUS.
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Martin Gardner. All chained together! What a terrible sight. While the train rushed on at an awful pace— The sulphurous fumes scorched hands and face; Wider and wider the country grew, As faster and faster the engine flew. Louder and ...
Martin Gardner. All chained together! What a terrible sight. While the train rushed on at an awful pace— The sulphurous fumes scorched hands and face; Wider and wider the country grew, As faster and faster the engine flew. Louder and ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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