1000 Years of Poetry: A Millennial AnthologyIn In Memory of W.B. Yeats, his tribute to one of Britain's greatest poets, W.H. Auden said, Poetry makes nothing happen. He could not have been more wrong. This book presents a tiny fraction of the verse that poets have fashioned in the English language. |
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Page 67
... thee mine , Sweet lass of Richmond Hill ; Sweet lass of Richmond Hill , Sweet lass of Richmond Hill , I'd crowns resign to call thee mine , Sweet lass of Richmond Hill . Ye zephyrs gay that fan the air , And wanton thro ' the grove , O ...
... thee mine , Sweet lass of Richmond Hill ; Sweet lass of Richmond Hill , Sweet lass of Richmond Hill , I'd crowns resign to call thee mine , Sweet lass of Richmond Hill . Ye zephyrs gay that fan the air , And wanton thro ' the grove , O ...
Page 69
... thee ? Let me count the ways . I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach , when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace . I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need , by sun , by ...
... thee ? Let me count the ways . I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach , when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace . I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need , by sun , by ...
Page 173
... thee and come to dust . No exorciser harm thee ! Nor no witchcraft craft thee ! Ghost unlaid forbear thee ! Nothing ill come near thee ! Quiet consummation have ; And renowned be thy grave . Aye , But to Die ' William Shakespeare ( 1564 ...
... thee and come to dust . No exorciser harm thee ! Nor no witchcraft craft thee ! Ghost unlaid forbear thee ! Nothing ill come near thee ! Quiet consummation have ; And renowned be thy grave . Aye , But to Die ' William Shakespeare ( 1564 ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Beatha an Scoláire Anon | 17 |
Young and Old Charles Kingsley | 23 |
Copyright | |
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