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Page 18
... ship has weather'd every rack , the prize we sought is won , The port is near , the bells I hear , the people all exulting , While follow eyes the steady keel , the vessel grim and daring ; But O heart ! heart ! heart ! O the bleeding ...
... ship has weather'd every rack , the prize we sought is won , The port is near , the bells I hear , the people all exulting , While follow eyes the steady keel , the vessel grim and daring ; But O heart ! heart ! heart ! O the bleeding ...
Page 19
... ship is anchor'd safe and sound , its voyage closed and done , From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won ; Exult , O shores ! and ring , O bells ! But I , with mournful tread , Walk the deck my Captain lies , Fallen ...
... ship is anchor'd safe and sound , its voyage closed and done , From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won ; Exult , O shores ! and ring , O bells ! But I , with mournful tread , Walk the deck my Captain lies , Fallen ...
Page 41
... ship , ' quoth he . - Hold off ! unhand me , gray - beard loon ! ' Eftsoons his hand dropt he . He holds him with his glittering eye : - The Wedding - Guest stood still , And listens like a three years ' child : The Mariner hath his ...
... ship , ' quoth he . - Hold off ! unhand me , gray - beard loon ! ' Eftsoons his hand dropt he . He holds him with his glittering eye : - The Wedding - Guest stood still , And listens like a three years ' child : The Mariner hath his ...
Page 42
... ship drove fast , loud roar'd the blast , And southward aye we fled . ' And now there came both mist and snow , And it grew wondrous cold : And ice , mast - high , came floating by , As green as emerald . And through the drifts the ...
... ship drove fast , loud roar'd the blast , And southward aye we fled . ' And now there came both mist and snow , And it grew wondrous cold : And ice , mast - high , came floating by , As green as emerald . And through the drifts the ...
Page 44
... nor breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean . ' Water , water , everywhere , And all the boards did shrink ; Water , water , everywhere , Nor any drop to drink . * The very deep did rot : O Christ ! 44.
... nor breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean . ' Water , water , everywhere , And all the boards did shrink ; Water , water , everywhere , Nor any drop to drink . * The very deep did rot : O Christ ! 44.
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A. E. Housman auld auld lang syne beauty beneath birds blow breath bright Burns calm Cassius cloud cold dark dead dear death deep delight doth dread dream earth echoing Green eyes fair Farewell flowers glory grave green hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry Newbolt hill John Anderson king Kirconnell land Laurence Binyon leaves light live lonely Lord loud Lycidas maun Milton mist moon morning never night o'er pain pale peace Plymouth Hoe poem QUINQUEREME rest Ring round seem'd Shakespeare Shelley ship shore silent sing sleep song sorrow soul sound spirit Spring stanza stars stream sweet syne tears thee thine things thou art thought tree True Thomas Twas voice W. B. Yeats W. H. Davies waves weary wild wind wings woods youth