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... seemed to him the best ; and where there have been repeated revisions of a poem , that has been chosen which seemed the better version . This has not been , in every case , the final version ; for , as in the case of Coates Kinney's ...
... seemed to him the best ; and where there have been repeated revisions of a poem , that has been chosen which seemed the better version . This has not been , in every case , the final version ; for , as in the case of Coates Kinney's ...
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... seemed no reason to preserve an archaism not intended by the poet ; and such eccentricities of spelling as various writers affected have been made to conform to the ac- cepted American usage . The numbering of stanzas has been omitted ...
... seemed no reason to preserve an archaism not intended by the poet ; and such eccentricities of spelling as various writers affected have been made to conform to the ac- cepted American usage . The numbering of stanzas has been omitted ...
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... seemed to be with the other famous sequences . Then , too , there are many poems which may equally well be placed under various headings , so that it was , more or less , an arbitrary decision which placed " The Courtin ' " under " The ...
... seemed to be with the other famous sequences . Then , too , there are many poems which may equally well be placed under various headings , so that it was , more or less , an arbitrary decision which placed " The Courtin ' " under " The ...
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... seemed as if a voice ( Sweeter far than by harp or by psaltery Is breathed ) called out , ' Oh rats , rejoice ! The world is grown to one vast drysaltery ! So munch on , crunch on , take your nuncheon , Breakfast , supper , dinner ...
... seemed as if a voice ( Sweeter far than by harp or by psaltery Is breathed ) called out , ' Oh rats , rejoice ! The world is grown to one vast drysaltery ! So munch on , crunch on , take your nuncheon , Breakfast , supper , dinner ...
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... Seemed a complex Chinese toy , Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! Oh for festal dainties spread , Like my bowl of milk and bread ; The Heritage Pewter spoon and bowl of wood , On 250 Poems of Youth and Age A Prayer in the Prospect of Death ...
... Seemed a complex Chinese toy , Fashioned for a barefoot boy ! Oh for festal dainties spread , Like my bowl of milk and bread ; The Heritage Pewter spoon and bowl of wood , On 250 Poems of Youth and Age A Prayer in the Prospect of Death ...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English: With an Appendix ..., Volume 1 Burton Egbert Stevenson No preview available - 1959 |
The Home Book of Verse, American and English: With an Appendix ..., Volume 1 Burton Egbert Stevenson No preview available - 1953 |
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Alfred Tennyson Algernon Charles Swinburne angels babe baby Baby Bell beauty birds bless blow blue blush bonnie bosom breast breath bright cheek child dark dear doth dream earth Ernest Dowson eyes face fair fairy fear feet flowers George Edward Woodberry George Gordon Byron girl Glenlogie golden grace green grow hair hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven kiss lady lassie laugh light lips live look love thee Love's lover lullaby maid merry moon morning mother ne'er never night o'er once pain pretty Robert Browning Robert Herrick rose round shine sigh sing sleep smile snow soft song sorrow soul stars sweet tears tell There's thine things Thomas Campion Thomas Hood thou art thought tree Twas voice Walter Savage Landor weary weep William Wordsworth wind wings wonder young youth