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Page 262
... Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore , The hoarse , rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast ...
... Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows , And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore , The hoarse , rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast ...
Page 376
... soft incense hangs upon the boughs , But , in embalmèd darkness , guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The grass , the thicket , and the fruit - tree wild ; White hawthorn , and the pastoral eglantine ; Fast - fading ...
... soft incense hangs upon the boughs , But , in embalmèd darkness , guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The grass , the thicket , and the fruit - tree wild ; White hawthorn , and the pastoral eglantine ; Fast - fading ...
Page 378
... soft - dying day , And touch the stubble - plains with rosy hue ; Then in a wailful choir , the small gnats mourn Among the river sallows , borne aloft Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies ; And full - grown lambs loud bleat from ...
... soft - dying day , And touch the stubble - plains with rosy hue ; Then in a wailful choir , the small gnats mourn Among the river sallows , borne aloft Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies ; And full - grown lambs loud bleat from ...
Contents
EARLY BALLADS | 25 |
EARLY SONGS | 60 |
THE FOURTEENTH TO SIXTEENTH CENTURIES | 79 |
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A. E. Housman Annabel Lee beauty birds blow breast breath bright Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Childe Maurice cloud dance dark dead dear death delight dost doth dream dust earth eternal eyes fair fear feet fire flowers give Glasgerion golden grass grave green hair hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven HOUNDS OF SPRING Israfel King kiss lady land leaves light lips live look Lord Lord Randal love's lover Lycidas moon morning never night nymph o'er pale poems praise rain Ralph Hodgson rose round shadow shining sigh silent sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile soft song sonnet soul sound spirit spring stars sweet T. S. Eliot tears tell thee thine things thou art thought tree twas verse voice W. B. Yeats weep wild wind wings youth