A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... Light , the prime work of God , to me is extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annulled , which might in part my grief have eased , Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm ; the vilest here excel me , They creep ...
... Light , the prime work of God , to me is extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annulled , which might in part my grief have eased , Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm ; the vilest here excel me , They creep ...
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... light ; As in the land of darkness yet in light , To live a life half dead , a living death , And buried ; but O yet more miserable ! Myself , my sepulcher , a moving grave . From Samson Agonistes ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY ...
... light ; As in the land of darkness yet in light , To live a life half dead , a living death , And buried ; but O yet more miserable ! Myself , my sepulcher , a moving grave . From Samson Agonistes ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY ...
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... LIGHT From Paradise Lost HAIL holy light , offspring of Heav'n first - born , Or of th ' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light , And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from Eternity , dwelt then in ...
... LIGHT From Paradise Lost HAIL holy light , offspring of Heav'n first - born , Or of th ' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light , And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from Eternity , dwelt then in ...
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