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78 A Song for St. Cecilia's Day " 3 NOVEMBER 22 , 1687 I FROM harmony , from heav'nly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atomes lay , And cou'd not heave her head , The tuneful voice was heard ...
78 A Song for St. Cecilia's Day " 3 NOVEMBER 22 , 1687 I FROM harmony , from heav'nly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atomes lay , And cou'd not heave her head , The tuneful voice was heard ...
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But so soon I heard the Pilot's cheer ; I heard the dash of oars , My head was turned perforce away And I saw a boat appear . The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men ...
But so soon I heard the Pilot's cheer ; I heard the dash of oars , My head was turned perforce away And I saw a boat appear . The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men ...
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That sound , by dwindling years Heard in each hour , crept off ; and then The ruffled silence spread again , Like water that a pebble stirs . Our mother rose from where she sat : Her needles , as she laid them down , Met lightly ...
That sound , by dwindling years Heard in each hour , crept off ; and then The ruffled silence spread again , Like water that a pebble stirs . Our mother rose from where she sat : Her needles , as she laid them down , Met lightly ...
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Medieval Lyrics | 1 |
The Franklins Tale | 16 |
The wordes of the Host to the Phisicien | 28 |
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| Title | An Oxford Anthology of English Poetry |
| Editors | Howard Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
| Contributor | Margaret Farrand Thorp |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1947 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2009 |
| Length | 1232 pages |
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