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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... o'er thy head , When the great Persian conqueror , Cambyses , Marched armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread , O'erthrew Osiris , Orus , Apis , Isis ; And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder , When the gigantic Memnon fell ...
... o'er thy head , When the great Persian conqueror , Cambyses , Marched armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread , O'erthrew Osiris , Orus , Apis , Isis ; And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder , When the gigantic Memnon fell ...
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... o'er his head , And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone , And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him , - But little he'll reck , if they let him sleep on grave where a Briton has laid him . In the But ...
... o'er his head , And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone , And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him , - But little he'll reck , if they let him sleep on grave where a Briton has laid him . In the But ...
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... o'er and o'er , And the bugle wild and shrill . And the music of that old song Throbs in my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will , And the thoughts of youth are long , long thoughts . " I remember the sea - fight far away ...
... o'er and o'er , And the bugle wild and shrill . And the music of that old song Throbs in my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will , And the thoughts of youth are long , long thoughts . " I remember the sea - fight far away ...
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Vision of Belshazzar GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON | 5 |
By the Statue of King Charles at Charing Cross | 18 |
The Oracles | 24 |
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A. E. HOUSMAN Annabel Lee ballad Barmacides battle beautiful bells of Shandon bird blow brave bright broncho Captain chamber door cold Collected Poems cried dark dead deep doth dream E. E. CUMMINGS eyes fear flew FRANCIS MAHONY galloped green grey Growltiger hair hand haste hath hear heard heart heaven horse James Stephens King land Lenore light long thoughts look LORD loud Macmillan Company Mariner merry Minnaloushe mist moon morning mournful Muriel Rukeyser never Nevermore night o'er PADRAIC COLUM poet Quoth Raven round sails Samian wine shadow ship shore sigh silence sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep snow song soul sound stars stood sweet T. S. ELIOT tell thee THOMAS CAMPBELL thou thoughts of youth tree Twas voice W. B. YEATS wall waves Wedding-Guest WILLIAM COWPER wind wind's wine young Lochinvar youth are long