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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... poet were , thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know ; Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow , The world should listen then , as I am listening now . To a Linnet in a Cage FRANCIS ...
... poet were , thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know ; Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow , The world should listen then , as I am listening now . To a Linnet in a Cage FRANCIS ...
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... poet . The Danish ac- count makes the whole episode questionable . Readers , however , need not consider anything except the poem . They will be impressed by the grandeur of lines that have in them the proud movement of well- led ships ...
... poet . The Danish ac- count makes the whole episode questionable . Readers , however , need not consider anything except the poem . They will be impressed by the grandeur of lines that have in them the proud movement of well- led ships ...
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... poet . None of his other poems is at all memorable . The Burial of Sir John Moore CHARLES WOLFE Sir John Moore , an ... poets of the time . Later , the draft of the poem was found in a drawer in a room of Trinity College , Dublin . This ...
... poet . None of his other poems is at all memorable . The Burial of Sir John Moore CHARLES WOLFE Sir John Moore , an ... poets of the time . Later , the draft of the poem was found in a drawer in a room of Trinity College , Dublin . This ...
Contents
Introduction by PADRAIC COLUM | 3 |
The Isles of Greece GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON | 14 |
The Harp That Once Through Taras Halls | 20 |
Copyright | |
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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