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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... ROBERT SERVICE, from Songs of a Sun-Lover Table of Contents DOVER BOOKS ON LITERATURE AND DRAMA Title.
... ROBERT SERVICE, from Songs of a Sun-Lover Table of Contents DOVER BOOKS ON LITERATURE AND DRAMA Title.
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... ROBERT SERVICE - (1874—1958) EDWARD ROWLAND SILL - (1841—1887) ARABELLA EUGENIE SMITH - (1844-1916) FRANKLEBBY STANTON - (1857—1927) GEORGE WASHINGTON STEVENS - (1866—1926) WILLIAM LEROY STIDGER - (1885—1949) CARLYLE FAHLSWORTH STRAUB ...
... ROBERT SERVICE - (1874—1958) EDWARD ROWLAND SILL - (1841—1887) ARABELLA EUGENIE SMITH - (1844-1916) FRANKLEBBY STANTON - (1857—1927) GEORGE WASHINGTON STEVENS - (1866—1926) WILLIAM LEROY STIDGER - (1885—1949) CARLYLE FAHLSWORTH STRAUB ...
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... Robert Service, denigrating his own work, called “tootling, tin-whistle music.” Even doggerel, however, can be relished, like the pleasure aroused by a well-drawn cartoon, or by jazz or by some country and gospel songs. As in my ...
... Robert Service, denigrating his own work, called “tootling, tin-whistle music.” Even doggerel, however, can be relished, like the pleasure aroused by a well-drawn cartoon, or by jazz or by some country and gospel songs. As in my ...
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... Robert Service, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Eddie Guest were widely read. When radio offered more than popular music and call-in talk shows, millions enjoyed such verse reciters as Tony Wons and Ted Malone. Please do not.
... Robert Service, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Eddie Guest were widely read. When radio offered more than popular music and call-in talk shows, millions enjoyed such verse reciters as Tony Wons and Ted Malone. Please do not.
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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