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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... Sleep your old sleep of rock , snore in the wind , Snore in the spray ! The storm your slumber lulls , His wings are folded on your nest of boulders As on their eggs the grey wings of your gulls . No more as when , so dark an age ago ...
... Sleep your old sleep of rock , snore in the wind , Snore in the spray ! The storm your slumber lulls , His wings are folded on your nest of boulders As on their eggs the grey wings of your gulls . No more as when , so dark an age ago ...
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... sleep ! it is a gentle thing , Beloved from pole to pole ! To Mary Queen the praise be given ! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven , That slid into my soul . The silly buckets on the deck , That had so long remain'd , I dreamt that ...
... sleep ! it is a gentle thing , Beloved from pole to pole ! To Mary Queen the praise be given ! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven , That slid into my soul . The silly buckets on the deck , That had so long remain'd , I dreamt that ...
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... sleep is on the night , The scent of apples : I am drowsing off . I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through a pane of glass I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough And held against the world of hoary ...
... sleep is on the night , The scent of apples : I am drowsing off . I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through a pane of glass I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough And held against the world of hoary ...
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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