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And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. And envieth that they I looked upon the rotting sea , 240 should live , and so ...
And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. And envieth that they I looked upon the rotting sea , 240 should live , and so ...
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There are no more sins to be sinned On the dead oak tree bough . There was a magpie , too , Had a long tongue and a long tail ; He could both talk and doBut what did that avail ? He , too , flaps in the wind and rain Alongside weasel ...
There are no more sins to be sinned On the dead oak tree bough . There was a magpie , too , Had a long tongue and a long tail ; He could both talk and doBut what did that avail ? He , too , flaps in the wind and rain Alongside weasel ...
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The first stanza is masterly , with its carefully wrought picture of a world deprived of all vitality , and the sudden shift at the end of the stanza to the poet himself , far more dead than the dead world , the dead world's very ...
The first stanza is masterly , with its carefully wrought picture of a world deprived of all vitality , and the sudden shift at the end of the stanza to the poet himself , far more dead than the dead world , the dead world's very ...
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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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beauty beneath birds breath bright close cloud comes dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth English eyes face fair fall fear feel fields fire flowers give grace grave green hair hand happy hath head hear heard heart Heaven hill hope hour keep kind kings land leaves light live look Lord mind morning Mother move nature never night o'er once pain pass play pleasure poem poet poetry poor rest rise rose round seemed seen sense side sing sleep smile song soon soul sound spirit spring stars strong sweet tears tell thee things thou thought turn verse voice waves wind wings youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems in English, 1530-1940 |
| Author | David Daiches |
| Publisher | Ronald Press Company, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 763 pages |
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