Roofs of Gold, Poems to Read AloudPadraic Colum An anthology of poems chosen for their striking imagery, picturesqueness, action and humor. |
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... live again . Oh priestess , what you cry is clear , and sound good sense I think it ; But let the screaming echoes rest , and froth your mouth no more . ' Tis true there's better boose than brine , but he that drowns must drink it ; And ...
... live again . Oh priestess , what you cry is clear , and sound good sense I think it ; But let the screaming echoes rest , and froth your mouth no more . ' Tis true there's better boose than brine , but he that drowns must drink it ; And ...
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... live the King ! And Gilpin , long live he ! And when he next doth ride abroad May I be there to see ! An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog OLIVER [ 96 ]
... live the King ! And Gilpin , long live he ! And when he next doth ride abroad May I be there to see ! An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog OLIVER [ 96 ]
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... lives and doth not live , Doth not live , nor die . In Siberia's wastes Are sands and rocks . Nothing blooms of green or soft , But the snow peaks rise aloft , And the gaunt ice - blocks . And the exile there Is one with those ; They ...
... lives and doth not live , Doth not live , nor die . In Siberia's wastes Are sands and rocks . Nothing blooms of green or soft , But the snow peaks rise aloft , And the gaunt ice - blocks . And the exile there Is one with those ; They ...
Contents
Introduction by PADRAIC COLUM | 3 |
The Isles of Greece GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON | 14 |
The Harp That Once Through Taras Halls | 20 |
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A. E. HOUSMAN Alexander Selkirk Annabel Lee ballad Barmacides battle beautiful Annabel Lee Bells of Shandon bird blow bright bugle Burial of Sir Captain chamber door cloud Collected Poems dance dark dead deep doth dream dying echoes fear Felix Randal flew FRANCIS MAHONY galloped Gilpin golden green Growltiger hair hand hath hear heard heart heaven horse JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN JAMES STEPHENS King land light long thoughts look LORD loud mist moon morning Muriel Rukeyser ne'er never night o'er PADRAIC COLUM Persian pipe poet Quoth Raven round sails Samian wine ship shore Siberia's wastes sighed sing Sir John Moore Sir Patrick Spens sleep snow song soul sound stars stood sweet tell thee THOMAS CAMPBELL thou thoughts of youth tree Twas voice W. B. YEATS waves Wedding-Guest WILLIAM COWPER wind wind's youth are long