Yale Book of American VerseThomas Raynesford Lounsbury Yale University Press, 1912 - 570 pages |
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Page xvii
... once been made . Let us take , for example , the Household Book of Poetry brought out in 1857 by Charles Anderson Dana . This was an excellent compilation as well as the earliest with us of its spe- cial class . It was received with ...
... once been made . Let us take , for example , the Household Book of Poetry brought out in 1857 by Charles Anderson Dana . This was an excellent compilation as well as the earliest with us of its spe- cial class . It was received with ...
Page xl
... Once a Week , for October 5 , 1861. There the title given was Civile Bellum , and the poem itself was signed " From the Once United States . " In this collection I have followed hesitatingly the authorities which attribute its ...
... Once a Week , for October 5 , 1861. There the title given was Civile Bellum , and the poem itself was signed " From the Once United States . " In this collection I have followed hesitatingly the authorities which attribute its ...
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... once with joy we strung , When praise employ'd and mirth inspir'd the lay , In mournful silence on the willows hung ; And growing grief prolong'd the tedious day . The barbarous tyrants , to increase the woe , With taunting smiles a ...
... once with joy we strung , When praise employ'd and mirth inspir'd the lay , In mournful silence on the willows hung ; And growing grief prolong'd the tedious day . The barbarous tyrants , to increase the woe , With taunting smiles a ...
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... once his standard set Where now , o'er mosque and minaret , Glitter the Sultan's crescent moons ; To him who , when a younger son , Fought for King George at Lexington , A major of dragoons . That last half stanza - it has dashed From ...
... once his standard set Where now , o'er mosque and minaret , Glitter the Sultan's crescent moons ; To him who , when a younger son , Fought for King George at Lexington , A major of dragoons . That last half stanza - it has dashed From ...
Page 40
... once All their green tops , stole over him , and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty . Ah , why Should we , in the world's riper years , neglect [ 40 ] WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 1794-1878.
... once All their green tops , stole over him , and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty . Ah , why Should we , in the world's riper years , neglect [ 40 ] WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 1794-1878.
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