A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... dark , dark , dark , amid the blaze of noon , Irrecoverably dark , total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first created beam , and thou great Word , Let there be light , and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime ...
... dark , dark , dark , amid the blaze of noon , Irrecoverably dark , total eclipse Without all hope of day ! O first created beam , and thou great Word , Let there be light , and light was over all ; Why am I thus bereaved Thy prime ...
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... dark and endless ocean of the end is washing in through the breaches of our wounds , already the flood is upon us . O build your ship of death , your little ark and furnish it with food , with little cakes , and wine for the dark flight ...
... dark and endless ocean of the end is washing in through the breaches of our wounds , already the flood is upon us . O build your ship of death , your little ark and furnish it with food , with little cakes , and wine for the dark flight ...
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... darkness at one with darkness , up and down and sideways utterly dark , so there is no direction any more and the little ship is there ; yet she is gone . She is not seen , for there is nothing to see her by . She is gone ! gone ! and ...
... darkness at one with darkness , up and down and sideways utterly dark , so there is no direction any more and the little ship is there ; yet she is gone . She is not seen , for there is nothing to see her by . She is gone ! gone ! and ...
Contents
The Chief Poets 1500 to 1900 | 3 |
Songs | 17 |
William Cartright | 203 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
A. E. Housman beauty birds blood blow breast breath bright burning clouds cold Danny Deever dark dead dear death deep doth dream dust Dylan Thomas earth eternal eyes face fair fall fear fire flowers glory grave green Gunga Din hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven hill honour kiss land leaves light lips live look Lord Lord Randal love's lovers mind moon morning never night o'er pain poems poets praise rain Robert Bridges Robert Graves rose round Samian wine shadow shine ship sigh silent sing sleep smile snow song soul spirit spring stars strange sweet T. S. Eliot tears tell thee thine things thou art thought tree turn unto voice W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden W. H. Davies weep wild wind wings wonder youth