The Looking Glass Book of VerseJanet Adam Smith A collection of well-known poems for children. |
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... Death is the statement of a man who accepts the likeliness of death as the price he has to pay for the only kind of life he wants to live . There is nothing terrible about Milton's University Carrier who died easily at a ripe old age ...
... Death is the statement of a man who accepts the likeliness of death as the price he has to pay for the only kind of life he wants to live . There is nothing terrible about Milton's University Carrier who died easily at a ripe old age ...
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... Death ? and are there two ? Is Death that woman's mate ? " Her lips were red , her looks were free , Her locks were yellow as gold : Her skin was as white as leprosy , The Night - mare Life - in - Death was she , Who thicks man's blood ...
... Death ? and are there two ? Is Death that woman's mate ? " Her lips were red , her looks were free , Her locks were yellow as gold : Her skin was as white as leprosy , The Night - mare Life - in - Death was she , Who thicks man's blood ...
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... Death ? There was a Birth , certainly , We had evidence and no doubt . I had seen birth and death But had thought they were different ; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us , like Death , our death . We returned to our places ...
... Death ? There was a Birth , certainly , We had evidence and no doubt . I had seen birth and death But had thought they were different ; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us , like Death , our death . We returned to our places ...
Contents
Introduction | 23 |
William Blake | 24 |
O St John Gogarty Verse | 31 |
Copyright | |
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a-way Aiken Drum ancient Mariner Annabel Lee ANON ARTHUR WALEY bells bird blow blue boat bonnet of Bonny Bonny Dundee boys bright burning captain's gig chamber door cried dance dark dead dear Death deep doth earth eyes fair fear fits a little flowers green hair hand hath head hear heard heart heaven hill horse Jellicle Cats jolly King lady land Lars Porsena light live look Lord loud maiden merrily merry Miniver moon morning night o'er pipe play Poems quoth roar ROBERT HERRICK rose round row de dow sails shadow ship shore sing Sir Patrick Spens Skimbleshanks song soul sound spake stars stood sweet T. S. ELIOT tell thee There's thou town tree unto voice W. B. YEATS waves Wedding-Guest wild WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Willy Wood wind