101 Famous PoemsRoy Cook Nature, man and human history are reflected on in the verse of English and American poets and such prose works as the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence. |
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... bird ; Beauty through my senses stole ; I yielded myself to the perfect whole . The Rhodora On Being Asked Whence Is the Flower RALPH WALDO EMERSON In May , when sea - winds pierced our solitudes , I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods ...
... bird ; Beauty through my senses stole ; I yielded myself to the perfect whole . The Rhodora On Being Asked Whence Is the Flower RALPH WALDO EMERSON In May , when sea - winds pierced our solitudes , I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods ...
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... bird above his cham- ber door , Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his cham- ber door , With such name as " Nevermore . " But the raven , sitting lonely on that placid bust , spoke only That one word , as if his soul in that ...
... bird above his cham- ber door , Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his cham- ber door , With such name as " Nevermore . " But the raven , sitting lonely on that placid bust , spoke only That one word , as if his soul in that ...
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... bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent , or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore , Desolate , yet all undaunted , on this desert land enchanted- On this home by horror haunted - tell me truly , I implore : Is there is there balm in ...
... bird or devil ! Whether tempter sent , or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore , Desolate , yet all undaunted , on this desert land enchanted- On this home by horror haunted - tell me truly , I implore : Is there is there balm in ...
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April 23 arms beauty bells beneath Bettmann bird blessed Born April Born August Born December brave breast breath Christmas cloud Copyright cuddle doon dark dead death died April 23 died July died October door doth dream dust earth EDWIN MARKHAM EUGENE FIELD eyes face February 27 feel feet flowers glory hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hills of Habersham Horatius James Whitcomb Riley Keep a-goin Lars Porsena laugh light live look Lord March 24 moon moonlight never Nevermore night Nokomis o'er Old Aunt Mary's pass plants a tree Poems rain rendezvous with Death riding round sail shore silence sing sleep smile song soul stars stood sweet thee thine things Thou shalt thought truth turned VACHEL LINDSAY valleys of Hall wall WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind