Viewpoint: An Anthology of PoetryRobin Skelton |
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... grow and plants did spring ; Every thing did banish moan Save the Nightingale alone . She , poor bird , as all forlorn , Lean'd her breast up - till a thorn , And there sung the dolefull'st ditty , That to hear it was great pity . ' Fie ...
... grow and plants did spring ; Every thing did banish moan Save the Nightingale alone . She , poor bird , as all forlorn , Lean'd her breast up - till a thorn , And there sung the dolefull'st ditty , That to hear it was great pity . ' Fie ...
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... grown weary with too long delay , Caught the green sicknesss and declined away , And beauty , like a garment worse for wear , Fled her pale cheek and left it much too fair . Then she gave up sick - visits , balls , and plays , Where ...
... grown weary with too long delay , Caught the green sicknesss and declined away , And beauty , like a garment worse for wear , Fled her pale cheek and left it much too fair . Then she gave up sick - visits , balls , and plays , Where ...
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... grow , She had na sailed a league , a league , A league but barely three , Till grim , grim grew his countenance , And gurly grew the sea . ' O haud your tongue , my dearest dear , Let all your follies abee ; I'll show whare the white ...
... grow , She had na sailed a league , a league , A league but barely three , Till grim , grim grew his countenance , And gurly grew the sea . ' O haud your tongue , my dearest dear , Let all your follies abee ; I'll show whare the white ...
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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