101 Famous PoemsRoy Cook McGraw Hill Professional, 1984 - 185 pages Nature, man and human history are reflected on in the verse of English and American poets and such prose works as the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence. |
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Page 78
... Beneath , in the churchyard , lay the dead , In their night encampment on the hill , Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear , like a sentinel's tread , The watchful night - wind , as it went Creeping along from tent to ...
... Beneath , in the churchyard , lay the dead , In their night encampment on the hill , Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear , like a sentinel's tread , The watchful night - wind , as it went Creeping along from tent to ...
Page 86
... Beneath those rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade . Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap , Each in his narrow cell for ever laid , The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep . The breezy call of incense - breathing Morn , The ...
... Beneath those rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade . Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap , Each in his narrow cell for ever laid , The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep . The breezy call of incense - breathing Morn , The ...
Page 168
... beneath the weight lay I And suffered death , but could not die . Long had I lain thus , craving death , When quietly the earth beneath Gave way , and inch by inch , so great At last had grown the crushing weight , Into the earth I sank ...
... beneath the weight lay I And suffered death , but could not die . Long had I lain thus , craving death , When quietly the earth beneath Gave way , and inch by inch , so great At last had grown the crushing weight , Into the earth I sank ...
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April 23 arms beauty bells beneath Bettmann bird blessed 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 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind