Viewpoint: An Anthology of PoetryRobin Skelton |
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... stand -Ignoring the tideway traffic Of lighters , launches , tugs— Portly and portentous as company Chairmen , or bedroom jugs . Settling on the strewn mud Of that dishevelled coast They sleep compact as birds Trussed ready to roast ...
... stand -Ignoring the tideway traffic Of lighters , launches , tugs— Portly and portentous as company Chairmen , or bedroom jugs . Settling on the strewn mud Of that dishevelled coast They sleep compact as birds Trussed ready to roast ...
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... stand ; And Fortunes Ice prefers to Vertues Land : JOHN DRYDEN ( 1631-1700 ) Lord Eldon When I look 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 ...
... stand ; And Fortunes Ice prefers to Vertues Land : JOHN DRYDEN ( 1631-1700 ) Lord Eldon When I look 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 ...
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... stand upon a little mound Of pansies , Primroses , And primulas . Outlined against the pale blue eye of northern spring . Heavily planted in this printed muslin beauty Of clumps and spots and dots and tiger - stripes , She swelled with ...
... stand upon a little mound Of pansies , Primroses , And primulas . Outlined against the pale blue eye of northern spring . Heavily planted in this printed muslin beauty Of clumps and spots and dots and tiger - stripes , She swelled with ...
Contents
An Elegy on the Death | 112 |
The Host of the Air W B Yeats | 118 |
A Subalterns Love Song John Betjeman | 125 |
Copyright | |
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