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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... sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit , and let the sound of music Creep in our ears : soft stillness , and the night , Become the touches of sweet harmony . Sit , Jessica : look , how the floor of heaven Is thick ...
... sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit , and let the sound of music Creep in our ears : soft stillness , and the night , Become the touches of sweet harmony . Sit , Jessica : look , how the floor of heaven Is thick ...
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... sweet these heavy - winged thieves . Sound of vernal showers , On the twinkling grass , Rain - awakened flowers , All that ever was Joyous and clear and fresh thy music doth surpass . Teach us , sprite or bird , What sweet thoughts are ...
... sweet these heavy - winged thieves . Sound of vernal showers , On the twinkling grass , Rain - awakened flowers , All that ever was Joyous and clear and fresh thy music doth surpass . Teach us , sprite or bird , What sweet thoughts are ...
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... Sweet records , promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food , For transient sorrows , simple wiles , Praise , blame , love , kisses , tears , and smiles . And now I see with eye serene The very ...
... Sweet records , promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food , For transient sorrows , simple wiles , Praise , blame , love , kisses , tears , and smiles . And now I see with eye serene The very ...
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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