The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2 |
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Page 2014
... hath he ? A tailor's yard beneath , I wot , Where worms approaching be ; For the wight that died o ' Wednesday , Just laid the light below , Is dead as the varlet turned to clay A score of years ago . Where's he that died o ' Sabba ...
... hath he ? A tailor's yard beneath , I wot , Where worms approaching be ; For the wight that died o ' Wednesday , Just laid the light below , Is dead as the varlet turned to clay A score of years ago . Where's he that died o ' Sabba ...
Page 2015
... hath he To clink the can and toss the pot When this night's junkets be ? For the lad that died o ' yesterday Is just as dead - ho ! ho ! - As the whoreson knave men laid away A thousand years ago . Edmund Clarence Stedman [ 1833-1908 ] ...
... hath he To clink the can and toss the pot When this night's junkets be ? For the lad that died o ' yesterday Is just as dead - ho ! ho ! - As the whoreson knave men laid away A thousand years ago . Edmund Clarence Stedman [ 1833-1908 ] ...
Page 2205
... hath lain , At Thine own time to give increase— The greater and the lesser grain , The ripening boll , the myriad fleece ! Thy creatures graze Appointed ways ; League after league across the land The ceaseless herds obey Thy hand . Thou ...
... hath lain , At Thine own time to give increase— The greater and the lesser grain , The ripening boll , the myriad fleece ! Thy creatures graze Appointed ways ; League after league across the land The ceaseless herds obey Thy hand . Thou ...
Page 2213
... hath sundered them ; let them be sundered yet . IV Alas ! what sounds are these that come Sullenly over the Pacific seas , - Sounds of ignoble battle , striking dumb The season's half - awakened ecstasies ? Must I be humble , then , Now ...
... hath sundered them ; let them be sundered yet . IV Alas ! what sounds are these that come Sullenly over the Pacific seas , - Sounds of ignoble battle , striking dumb The season's half - awakened ecstasies ? Must I be humble , then , Now ...
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... Hath brought forth no such souls as we had then . Perpetual emptiness ! unceasing change ! No single volume paramount , no code , No master spirit , no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! IV It is not to be thought ...
... Hath brought forth no such souls as we had then . Perpetual emptiness ! unceasing change ! No single volume paramount , no code , No master spirit , no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! IV It is not to be thought ...
Common terms and phrases
Alfred Tennyson battle beneath blood blow blue Bonnie Dundee bonny boys brave breath cheer Clinton Scollard Cremona cried Danny Deever dark dark Rosaleen dead dear death deep doth dream drink dust earth England eyes face fair father fear fell fight flame frae George Gordon Byron glory grave gray green Gunga Din hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry Wadsworth Longfellow hill Judas Iscariot King kiss lady land Lars Porsena light lips live looked Lord loud merry moon morning mother ne'er never night o'er Osawatomie pray ride ring roar rose round sail Samian wine ship shore sing sleep smile song soul sound stars stood sweet sword tears tell thee There's thine things thou turned Twas voice waves wild wind wine young young Beichan