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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... heart in vain : - Lord , Thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or , Lord , if too obdurate I , Choose Thou , before that spirit die , A piercing pain , a killing sin , And to my dead heart run them in ...
... heart in vain : - Lord , Thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake ; Or , Lord , if too obdurate I , Choose Thou , before that spirit die , A piercing pain , a killing sin , And to my dead heart run them in ...
Page 88
... heart doth wake , Then the dreadful light shall break . It is interesting to see how the poems in the two groups , Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience , pair off with each other , the companion piece in the second group sound ...
... heart doth wake , Then the dreadful light shall break . It is interesting to see how the poems in the two groups , Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience , pair off with each other , the companion piece in the second group sound ...
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... heart ? When thy dread heart began to beat , What dread hand formed thy dread feet ? What the hammer , what the chain , Knit thy strength and forged thy brain ? What the anvil ? What dread grasp Dared thy deadly terrors clasp ? When the ...
... heart ? When thy dread heart began to beat , What dread hand formed thy dread feet ? What the hammer , what the chain , Knit thy strength and forged thy brain ? What the anvil ? What dread grasp Dared thy deadly terrors clasp ? When the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I CHILDRENS POETRY AND CHILDRENS POETS | 1 |
MOTHER GOOSE | 11 |
ANN AND JANE TAYLOR | 49 |
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