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... Thou sleep'st too long , thou art beguiled . My darling dear , my daisy flower , Let me , quod he , lie in your lap . Lie still , quod she , my paramour , Lie still hardily ° , and take a nap . His head was heavy , such was his hap ...
... Thou sleep'st too long , thou art beguiled . My darling dear , my daisy flower , Let me , quod he , lie in your lap . Lie still , quod she , my paramour , Lie still hardily ° , and take a nap . His head was heavy , such was his hap ...
Page 300
... thou wilt swim in that live bath , Each fish , which every channel hath , Will amorously to thee swim , Gladder to catch thee , than thou him . If thou to be so seen be'st loath , By sun or moon , thou dark'nest both ; And if myself ...
... thou wilt swim in that live bath , Each fish , which every channel hath , Will amorously to thee swim , Gladder to catch thee , than thou him . If thou to be so seen be'st loath , By sun or moon , thou dark'nest both ; And if myself ...
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... thou mayst in me behold ' roads 5 cool ( as by skimming or stirring ) That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves , or none , or few , do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold , Bare ruined choirs where ...
... thou mayst in me behold ' roads 5 cool ( as by skimming or stirring ) That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves , or none , or few , do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold , Bare ruined choirs where ...
Common terms and phrases
A. E. HOUSMAN alliteration aloud attitude ballad beauty bird Blake breath called child connotations dark dead dear death diction doth E. E. Cummings earth Eliot Emily Dickinson English eyes face feel figures of speech flowers GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS green hand hath hear heart heaven Hurroo iambic iambic pentameter J. V. CUNNINGHAM John Johnny kind leaves light live look Lord meaning metaphor meter Milton mind moon mother myth never night o'er paraphrase pattern pleasure poem's poet poet's poetry prose QUESTIONS reader reading reprinted rhythm rime Robert Frost Robert Lowell simile sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speaker stanza star stress suggests sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot tell thee theme things Thomas thou thought tone tree verse W. H. Auden WILLIAM WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS wind words Wordsworth Yeats