A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... birds do sing , hey ding a ding , ding ; Sweet lovers love the spring . This carol they began that hour , With a hey , and a ho , and a hey nonino , How that life was but a flower In the spring time , the only pretty ring time , When birds ...
... birds do sing , hey ding a ding , ding ; Sweet lovers love the spring . This carol they began that hour , With a hey , and a ho , and a hey nonino , How that life was but a flower In the spring time , the only pretty ring time , When birds ...
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... bird of good omen . His shipmates cry out against the ancient Mariner for killing the bird of good luck . But when ... birds to slay , That bring the fog and mist . The fair breeze blew , the white foam flew , The furrow follow'd free ...
... bird of good omen . His shipmates cry out against the ancient Mariner for killing the bird of good luck . But when ... birds to slay , That bring the fog and mist . The fair breeze blew , the white foam flew , The furrow follow'd free ...
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... birds . The dead oak walks for love . The carved limbs in the rock Leap , as to trumpets . Caligraphy of the old Leaves is dancing . Lines of age on the stones weave in a flock . And the harp shaped voice of the water's dust plucks in a ...
... birds . The dead oak walks for love . The carved limbs in the rock Leap , as to trumpets . Caligraphy of the old Leaves is dancing . Lines of age on the stones weave in a flock . And the harp shaped voice of the water's dust plucks in a ...
Contents
The Chief Poets 1500 to 1900 | 3 |
Songs | 17 |
William Cartright | 203 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
A. E. Housman beauty birds blood blow breast breath bright burning clouds cold Danny Deever dark dead dear death deep doth dream dust Dylan Thomas earth eternal eyes face fair fall fear fire flowers glory grave green Gunga Din hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven hill honour kiss land leaves light lips live look Lord Lord Randal love's lovers mind moon morning never night o'er pain poems poets praise rain Robert Bridges Robert Graves rose round Samian wine shadow shine ship sigh silent sing sleep smile snow song soul spirit spring stars strange sweet T. S. Eliot tears tell thee thine things thou art thought tree turn unto voice W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden W. H. Davies weep wild wind wings wonder youth