Viewpoint: An Anthology of PoetryRobin Skelton |
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... face ; She and then in London's crowds was shown , To know the world and to the world be known ; All leisure hours while Miss at home sojourned Passed in preparing till new routs returned , Or tittle - tattling o'er her shrewd remarks ...
... face ; She and then in London's crowds was shown , To know the world and to the world be known ; All leisure hours while Miss at home sojourned Passed in preparing till new routs returned , Or tittle - tattling o'er her shrewd remarks ...
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... face that always smiles : None could ever act that But a fury in her heart . part , Ye who hate such inconsistence , To be easy keep your distance ; Or in folly still befriend her , But have no concern to mend her . Lose not time to ...
... face that always smiles : None could ever act that But a fury in her heart . part , Ye who hate such inconsistence , To be easy keep your distance ; Or in folly still befriend her , But have no concern to mend her . Lose not time to ...
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... face , His hanging face , like a devil's sick of sin ; If you could hear , at every jolt , the blood Come gargling from the froth - corrupted lungs , Bitter as the cud Of vile , incurable sores on innocent tongues , — My friend , you ...
... face , His hanging face , like a devil's sick of sin ; If you could hear , at every jolt , the blood Come gargling from the froth - corrupted lungs , Bitter as the cud Of vile , incurable sores on innocent tongues , — My friend , you ...
Contents
An Elegy on the Death | 112 |
The Host of the Air W B Yeats | 118 |
A Subalterns Love Song John Betjeman | 125 |
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