A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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Page 82
... comes frozen home in pail , When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul , Then nightly sings the staring owl , Tu - whit ... Come not near our fairy queen : Philomel , with melody , Sing in our sweet lullaby Lulla , lulla , lullaby , lulla ...
... comes frozen home in pail , When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul , Then nightly sings the staring owl , Tu - whit ... Come not near our fairy queen : Philomel , with melody , Sing in our sweet lullaby Lulla , lulla , lullaby , lulla ...
Page 242
... comes ; Sound the trumpets ; beat the drums ; Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes , he comes ! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus ...
... comes ; Sound the trumpets ; beat the drums ; Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes , he comes ! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus ...
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... come you back to Mandalay ! ' ' Er Come you back to Mandalay , Where the old Flotilla lay : Can't you ' ear their paddles chunkin ' from Rangoon to Mandalay ? On the road to Mandalay , Where the flyin ' - fishes play , An ' the dawn comes ...
... come you back to Mandalay ! ' ' Er Come you back to Mandalay , Where the old Flotilla lay : Can't you ' ear their paddles chunkin ' from Rangoon to Mandalay ? On the road to Mandalay , Where the flyin ' - fishes play , An ' the dawn comes ...
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