A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... king sits in Dunfermline town Drinking the blue - red wine ; ' O whare will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new ship o ' mine ? " O up and spak an eldern knight , Sat at the king's right knee ; ' Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor ...
... king sits in Dunfermline town Drinking the blue - red wine ; ' O whare will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new ship o ' mine ? " O up and spak an eldern knight , Sat at the king's right knee ; ' Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor ...
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... king's daughter , Far , far beyond the sea ; I might have had a king's daughter , Had it not been for love o ' thee . ' ' If ye might have had a king's daughter , Yer sel ye had to blame ; Ye might have had taken the king's daughter ...
... king's daughter , Far , far beyond the sea ; I might have had a king's daughter , Had it not been for love o ' thee . ' ' If ye might have had a king's daughter , Yer sel ye had to blame ; Ye might have had taken the king's daughter ...
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... King of Israel . They lookéd up and saw a star Shining in the East beyond them far , And to the earth it gave great light , And so it continued both day and night . Nowell & c . And by the light of that same star Three wise men came ...
... King of Israel . They lookéd up and saw a star Shining in the East beyond them far , And to the earth it gave great light , And so it continued both day and night . Nowell & c . And by the light of that same star Three wise men came ...
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