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... youth . ' There should be nothing , then , in this book which a lover of poetry will ever cast aside , and within its proper limitations the collection should be as gratifying to the old as to the young . The motives of selection can be ...
... youth . ' There should be nothing , then , in this book which a lover of poetry will ever cast aside , and within its proper limitations the collection should be as gratifying to the old as to the young . The motives of selection can be ...
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... youth and mirth and glee Run a course as well as we ; Time , stern huntsman ! who can baulk , Staunch as hound and fleet as hawk ? Think of this , and rise with day , Gentle lords and ladies gay ! Song from Cymbeline Scott . HARK , hark ...
... youth and mirth and glee Run a course as well as we ; Time , stern huntsman ! who can baulk , Staunch as hound and fleet as hawk ? Think of this , and rise with day , Gentle lords and ladies gay ! Song from Cymbeline Scott . HARK , hark ...
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... youth - time were seen On the echoing Green . ' Till the little ones , weary , No more can be merry ; The sun does descend , And our sports have an end . Round the laps of their mothers Many sisters and brothers , Like birds in their ...
... youth - time were seen On the echoing Green . ' Till the little ones , weary , No more can be merry ; The sun does descend , And our sports have an end . Round the laps of their mothers Many sisters and brothers , Like birds in their ...
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... youth . Ye winds that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more ! My friends , do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a ...
... youth . Ye winds that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more ! My friends , do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a ...
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... youths and maidens gay ! -Farewell , farewell ! but this I tell To thee , thou Wedding - Guest ! He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast . ' He prayeth best , who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the ...
... youths and maidens gay ! -Farewell , farewell ! but this I tell To thee , thou Wedding - Guest ! He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast . ' He prayeth best , who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the ...
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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