The Children's Poets: Analyses and Appraisals of the Greatest English and American Poets for Children, for Use in Normal Schools, Library Schools, and Homes |
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Page 95
... hand or eye Framed thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burned that fire within thine eyes ? On what wings dared he aspire ? What the hand dared seize the fire ? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of ...
... hand or eye Framed thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burned that fire within thine eyes ? On what wings dared he aspire ? What the hand dared seize the fire ? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of ...
Page 158
... hand ; He would keep his right hand buried ( Like Napoleon ) in his waistcoat ; He would contemplate the distance With a look of pensive meaning , As of ducks that die in tempests . Grand , heroic was the notion , Yet the picture failed ...
... hand ; He would keep his right hand buried ( Like Napoleon ) in his waistcoat ; He would contemplate the distance With a look of pensive meaning , As of ducks that die in tempests . Grand , heroic was the notion , Yet the picture failed ...
Page 184
... hand in hand , Singing the songs that they used to know- Singing the songs that their grandsires sung In the goo - goo days of the Goblin - tongue . And ever they kept their green - glass eyes Fixed on me with a stony stare- Till my own ...
... hand in hand , Singing the songs that they used to know- Singing the songs that their grandsires sung In the goo - goo days of the Goblin - tongue . And ever they kept their green - glass eyes Fixed on me with a stony stare- Till my own ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I CHILDRENS POETRY AND CHILDRENS POETS | 1 |
MOTHER GOOSE | 11 |
ANN AND JANE TAYLOR | 49 |
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