101 Famous PoemsRoy Cook Nature, man and human history are reflected on in the verse of English and American poets and such prose works as the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence. |
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... earth with blood , Famished in his self - made desert , blinded by our purer day , Gropes in yet unblasted regions ... earth's chosen heroes , -they were souls that stood alone , While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious ...
... earth with blood , Famished in his self - made desert , blinded by our purer day , Gropes in yet unblasted regions ... earth's chosen heroes , -they were souls that stood alone , While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious ...
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... Earth , that nourished thee , shall claim Thy growth , to be resolved to earth again ; And , lost each human trace , surrendering up Thine individual being , shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements ; To be a brother to the ...
... Earth , that nourished thee , shall claim Thy growth , to be resolved to earth again ; And , lost each human trace , surrendering up Thine individual being , shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements ; To be a brother to the ...
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... earth beneath Gave way , and inch by inch , so great At last had grown the crushing weight , Into the earth I sank till I Full six feet under ground did lie , And sank no more , -there is no weight Can follow here , however great . From ...
... earth beneath Gave way , and inch by inch , so great At last had grown the crushing weight , Into the earth I sank till I Full six feet under ground did lie , And sank no more , -there is no weight Can follow here , however great . From ...
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April 23 arms beauty bells beneath Bettmann bird blessed Born April Born August Born December brave breast breath Christmas cloud Copyright cuddle doon dark dead death died April 23 died July died October door doth dream dust earth EDWIN MARKHAM EUGENE FIELD eyes face February 27 feel feet flowers glory hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hills of Habersham Horatius James Whitcomb Riley Keep a-goin Lars Porsena laugh light live look Lord March 24 moon moonlight never Nevermore night Nokomis o'er Old Aunt Mary's pass plants a tree Poems rain rendezvous with Death riding round sail shore silence sing sleep smile song soul stars stood sweet thee thine things Thou shalt thought truth turned VACHEL LINDSAY valleys of Hall wall WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind