A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... rain , A foolish thing was but a toy , For the rain it raineth every day . But when I came to man's estate , With hey , ho , the wind and the rain , ' Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate , For the rain it raineth every day ...
... rain , A foolish thing was but a toy , For the rain it raineth every day . But when I came to man's estate , With hey , ho , the wind and the rain , ' Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate , For the rain it raineth every day ...
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... rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare , And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air , I silently laugh at my own cenotaph , And out of the caverns of rain , Like a child from ...
... rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare , And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air , I silently laugh at my own cenotaph , And out of the caverns of rain , Like a child from ...
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... rain poured , the steep wet stones Were a cliff in a whirlwind , by a raging sea , Hidden by the rain - storm pelting down from heaven To that hollow valley loud with melancholy ; But the dark hill opened . And it was the tomb . A ...
... rain poured , the steep wet stones Were a cliff in a whirlwind , by a raging sea , Hidden by the rain - storm pelting down from heaven To that hollow valley loud with melancholy ; But the dark hill opened . And it was the tomb . 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