Famous Poems from Bygone DaysMartin Gardner Over 80 poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries, from Hugh Antoine d'Arcy's "The Face on the Barroom Floor" to Phila Henrietta Chase's "Nobody’s Child," rich in rhythm and rhyme, filled with feelings and stories about love and war, ships and the sea, farms and family, life and death, heaven and hell. Introduction. Brief biographies of each poet. Alphabetical indexes of titles and first lines. |
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... AMERICAN LITERARY AUTOGRAPHS FROM WASHINGTON IRVING TO HENRY JAMES, Herbert Cahoon, et al. (23548-3) $16.95 British LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, SERIES I & II, Verlyn Klinkenborg et al. (24124-6,24126-4) $33.90 A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE ORIGINAL ...
... AMERICAN LITERARY AUTOGRAPHS FROM WASHINGTON IRVING TO HENRY JAMES, Herbert Cahoon, et al. (23548-3) $16.95 British LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, SERIES I & II, Verlyn Klinkenborg et al. (24124-6,24126-4) $33.90 A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE ORIGINAL ...
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... American poetry. I. Gardner, Martin, 1914– PR1175.F225 1995 821'.008—dc20 94-48822 CIP Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y 11501 A Verseman's Apology Alas! I am only a ...
... American poetry. I. Gardner, Martin, 1914– PR1175.F225 1995 821'.008—dc20 94-48822 CIP Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y 11501 A Verseman's Apology Alas! I am only a ...
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... American readers but that today are recalled, if at all, mainly by the elderly. For one reason or another most have fallen by the wayside. Like old popular verse still enjoyed, they are not to be confused with poems on the level of ...
... American readers but that today are recalled, if at all, mainly by the elderly. For one reason or another most have fallen by the wayside. Like old popular verse still enjoyed, they are not to be confused with poems on the level of ...
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... American newspaper? Alas, the snippers seldom recorded the date of a clipping or its source. Not many people today ... America. Professional reciters drew huge audiences all over the land. Hundreds of “speakers” were published, many ...
... American newspaper? Alas, the snippers seldom recorded the date of a clipping or its source. Not many people today ... America. Professional reciters drew huge audiences all over the land. Hundreds of “speakers” were published, many ...
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... American People (1936). Felleman's version changes “Tom Gray” to “A Texas Cowboy,” and includes three stanzas not contained in the scrapbook's clipping. Where lines differ, I have selected those that scan the best. Granger's Index to ...
... American People (1936). Felleman's version changes “Tom Gray” to “A Texas Cowboy,” and includes three stanzas not contained in the scrapbook's clipping. Where lines differ, I have selected those that scan the best. Granger's Index to ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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