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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... o'er angry wave and gust ; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou , too , sail on , O ship of State ! Sail on , O Union , strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears , With all the hopes of future ...
... o'er angry wave and gust ; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives ! Thou , too , sail on , O ship of State ! Sail on , O Union , strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears , With all the hopes of future ...
Page 87
... o'er their Tomb no Trophies raise , Where thro ' the long - drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice ...
... o'er their Tomb no Trophies raise , Where thro ' the long - drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice ...
Page 118
... o'er , But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er She shall press , ah , nevermore ! Then , methought , the air grew denser , perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted ...
... o'er , But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er She shall press , ah , nevermore ! Then , methought , the air grew denser , perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted ...
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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