A Little Treasury of British Poetry: The Chief Poets from 1500 to 1950Oscar Williams |
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... NIGHT AND DAY DEAR , why should you command me to my rest When now the night doth summon all to sleep ? Methinks this time becometh lovers best ; Night was ordained together friends to keep . How happy are all other living things ...
... NIGHT AND DAY DEAR , why should you command me to my rest When now the night doth summon all to sleep ? Methinks this time becometh lovers best ; Night was ordained together friends to keep . How happy are all other living things ...
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... night , to perish in a night , When the Soul slept in beams of light . God appears , and God is Light , To those poor souls who dwell in Night ; But does a Human Form display To those who dwell in realms of Day . I SAW A CHAPEL ALL OF ...
... night , to perish in a night , When the Soul slept in beams of light . God appears , and God is Light , To those poor souls who dwell in Night ; But does a Human Form display To those who dwell in realms of Day . I SAW A CHAPEL ALL OF ...
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... NIGHT THE City is of Night ; perchance of Death , But certainly of Night ; for never there Can come the lucid morning's fragrant breath After the dewy dawning's cold grey air ; The moon and stars may shine with scorn or pity ; The sun ...
... NIGHT THE City is of Night ; perchance of Death , But certainly of Night ; for never there Can come the lucid morning's fragrant breath After the dewy dawning's cold grey air ; The moon and stars may shine with scorn or pity ; The sun ...
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