Poems and PoetsDavid Aloian Edgar Allan Poe ; Robert Frost ; Alfred Edward Housman ; William Butler Yeats. |
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... Happy Life SIR HENRY WOTTON How happy is he born or taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armor is his honest thought , And simple truth his highest skill ! Whose passions not his masters are Whose soul is still prepared for ...
... Happy Life SIR HENRY WOTTON How happy is he born or taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armor is his honest thought , And simple truth his highest skill ! Whose passions not his masters are Whose soul is still prepared for ...
Page 356
... happy lot , But being too happy in thine happiness , — That thou , lighted - winged Dryad of the trees , In some melodious plot Of beechen green , and shadows numberless , Singest of summer in full - throated ease . O for a draught of ...
... happy lot , But being too happy in thine happiness , — That thou , lighted - winged Dryad of the trees , In some melodious plot Of beechen green , and shadows numberless , Singest of summer in full - throated ease . O for a draught of ...
Page 407
... happy , tail into the wind , Her song trembling the twigs and small branches . The shade sang with her ; The leaves , their whispers turned to kissing , And the mould sang in the bleached valleys under the rose . Oh , when she was sad ...
... happy , tail into the wind , Her song trembling the twigs and small branches . The shade sang with her ; The leaves , their whispers turned to kissing , And the mould sang in the bleached valleys under the rose . Oh , when she was sad ...
Contents
RHYTHM RHYME AND SOUND EFFECTS | 21 |
The Creation of Beauty | 43 |
SIMILES METAPHORS AND SYMBOLS | 69 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. Housman ballads beauty bells bird breath bright Copyright cried Danny Deever dark daughter dead dear death door doth dream earth eternal eyes face fall father fell fire flower free verse grass Gunga Din hand head hear heard heart heaven horse Housman iambic John Henry JOHN KEATS lady lake Lawd leaves light live look Lord lover meaning metaphor meter moon moonlight morning mother never night o'er Ogden Nash poem poet poetry prose raven rhyme rhythm RICHARD ARMOUR Robert Frost sail shadow shine sing sleep smile song Sonnet soul sound stand stanza stars stone stood sweet syllables T. S. ELIOT tell thee things thou thought tone tree Twas voice W. H. AUDEN walk wild William Butler Yeats WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings words young