Viewpoint: An Anthology of PoetryRobin Skelton |
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... round with many voices . Come , my friends , ' Tis not too late to seek a newer world . Push off , and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset , and the baths Of all the western ...
... round with many voices . Come , my friends , ' Tis not too late to seek a newer world . Push off , and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset , and the baths Of all the western ...
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... round upon the names of men Who flourished in old England in my time , And try to find the wickedest of the lot , The man who did the most amount of evil , Who broke most hearts by long protracted grief , And wronged the widow and the ...
... round upon the names of men Who flourished in old England in my time , And try to find the wickedest of the lot , The man who did the most amount of evil , Who broke most hearts by long protracted grief , And wronged the widow and the ...
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... and pelf Tenaciously , as long as he could stick , Till the old placeman seemed at length to fancy The world could not go round without his help . JAMES HURNARD ( 1808-1881 ) The Unknown Citizen ( To JS / 07 / M 52 122.
... and pelf Tenaciously , as long as he could stick , Till the old placeman seemed at length to fancy The world could not go round without his help . JAMES HURNARD ( 1808-1881 ) The Unknown Citizen ( To JS / 07 / M 52 122.
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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