One Hundred and One Famous Poems: With a Prose Supplement : an AnthologyRoy Jay Cook Contemporary Books, 1958 - 185 pages Well-known poems with a prose supplement that includes the Gettysburg Address, the Ten Commandments, the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, and Patrick Henry's famous speech. |
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Page 47
... voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together . ( Ah sweet ! Even now , in that bird's song , Strove not her accents there , Fain to be hearkened ? When those bells Possessed the mid - day air , Strove not her steps to ...
... voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together . ( Ah sweet ! Even now , in that bird's song , Strove not her accents there , Fain to be hearkened ? When those bells Possessed the mid - day air , Strove not her steps to ...
Page 88
... voice of Nature cries , Ev'n in our Ashes live their wonted Fires . For thee , who mindful of th ' unhonour'd Dead , Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred Spirit shall ...
... voice of Nature cries , Ev'n in our Ashes live their wonted Fires . For thee , who mindful of th ' unhonour'd Dead , Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred Spirit shall ...
Page 92
... voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings , with a mild And healing sympathy , that steals away Their sharpness , ere he is aware . When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a ...
... voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings , with a mild And healing sympathy , that steals away Their sharpness , ere he is aware . When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a ...
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April 23 arms beauty bells beneath Bettmann bird Born April Born August Born December brave breast breath Christmas cloud Copyright cuddle doon dark dead death died April 23 died July died October door doth dream dust earth EDWIN MARKHAM EUGENE FIELD eyes face February 27 feel feet flowers glory hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hills of Habersham Horatius James Whitcomb Riley Keep a-goin Lars Porsena laugh light live look Lord March 24 moon moonlight never Nevermore night Nokomis o'er Old Aunt Mary's pass plants a tree Poems rain rendezvous with Death riding round sail shore silence sing sleep smile song soul stars stood sweet thee thine things Thou shalt thought truth turned VACHEL LINDSAY valleys of Hall wall wild WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind