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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... waves beside them danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay , În such a jocund company : I gazed - and gazed - but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought : For oft , when on my ...
... waves beside them danced ; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee : A poet could not but be gay , În such a jocund company : I gazed - and gazed - but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought : For oft , when on my ...
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... wave to pant beneath thy power , and share The impulse of thy strength , only less free Than Thou , O uncontrollable ! If even I were as in my boyhood , and could be The comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven , As then , when to outstrip ...
... wave to pant beneath thy power , and share The impulse of thy strength , only less free Than Thou , O uncontrollable ! If even I were as in my boyhood , and could be The comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven , As then , when to outstrip ...
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... wave , right onward steer . The moistened eye , the trembling lip , And not the signs of doubt or fear . Sail forth into the sea of life , O gentle , loving , trusting wife , And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy ...
... wave , right onward steer . The moistened eye , the trembling lip , And not the signs of doubt or fear . Sail forth into the sea of life , O gentle , loving , trusting wife , And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy ...
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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