Poems in English: 1530 - 1940 |
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... poor's decay , ' Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an happy land . Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards even beyond the miser's wish ...
... poor's decay , ' Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and an happy land . Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards even beyond the miser's wish ...
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... poor protection from the poor ! " But these are scenes where Nature's niggard hand Gave a spare portion to the famished land ; Hers is the fault , if here mankind complain Of fruitless toil and labour spent in vain ; But yet in other ...
... poor protection from the poor ! " But these are scenes where Nature's niggard hand Gave a spare portion to the famished land ; Hers is the fault , if here mankind complain Of fruitless toil and labour spent in vain ; But yet in other ...
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... poor , lived poor , and poor they died : And I have laboured somewhat in my time And not been paid profusely . Some good son Paint my two hundred pictures - let him try ! No doubt , there's something strikes a balance . Yes , You loved ...
... poor , lived poor , and poor they died : And I have laboured somewhat in my time And not been paid profusely . Some good son Paint my two hundred pictures - let him try ! No doubt , there's something strikes a balance . Yes , You loved ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY 15161547 | 12 |
Come sleep O sleep the certain knot of peace 15 Stella oft sees the very face of woe | 18 |
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A. E. Housman aesthetic distance auld lang syne beauty beneath birds bless breast breath bright charms Danny Deever dark dead dear death doth earth emotion English English poetry eyes face fair fate fear flowers give grace grave green Grongar Hill hair hand hath head hear heart Heaven imagery images kind kings Lady of Shalott leaves light live look Lord lovers Lycidas mind mood morning Mother Muse ne'er never night nymph o'er once pain passion pleasure poem poet poetic poetry praise pride rhyme rise rose round Scholar Gipsy sense shade shine sigh sing sleep smile song sonnet soul sound spirit stanza stars sweet sylphs symbol tears Thalestris thee thine things thought toil verse voice W. H. Auden weep wind wings youth ΙΟ ΙΟ