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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Martin Gardner. JOHN. QUINCY. ADAMS. (1767–1848). BORN IN BRAINTREE (now Quincy), Massachusetts, the son of the second president of the United States, John Quincy Adams became the sixth president. As Secretary of State he was responsible ...
Martin Gardner. JOHN. QUINCY. ADAMS. (1767–1848). BORN IN BRAINTREE (now Quincy), Massachusetts, the son of the second president of the United States, John Quincy Adams became the sixth president. As Secretary of State he was responsible ...
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... nature's transient dream, My soul, in humble hope unseared, Forget not thou to pray, That this, THY WANT, may be prepared To meet the Judgment Day. THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH (1836–1907) BORN IN PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, Aldrich.
... nature's transient dream, My soul, in humble hope unseared, Forget not thou to pray, That this, THY WANT, may be prepared To meet the Judgment Day. THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH (1836–1907) BORN IN PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, Aldrich.
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Martin Gardner. THOMAS. BAILEY. ALDRICH. (1836–1907). BORN IN PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, Aldrich spent most of his life in New York City and Boston as a popular poet, novelist, essayist, playwright and author of short stories. He also ...
Martin Gardner. THOMAS. BAILEY. ALDRICH. (1836–1907). BORN IN PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, Aldrich spent most of his life in New York City and Boston as a popular poet, novelist, essayist, playwright and author of short stories. He also ...
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... born pride. “You have paid full fare, so I'll carry you through, For it's only just you should get your due. Why, the laborer always expects his hire, So I'll land you safe in the lake of fire. “Where your flesh shall roast in the ...
... born pride. “You have paid full fare, so I'll carry you through, For it's only just you should get your due. Why, the laborer always expects his hire, So I'll land you safe in the lake of fire. “Where your flesh shall roast in the ...
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... born in New York and the author of numerous books of short stories and verse, mostly for children. “Somebody's Mother,” her one famous poem, first appeared in Harper's Weekly (March 2, 1878), and later in Madge, the Violet Girl and ...
... born in New York and the author of numerous books of short stories and verse, mostly for children. “Somebody's Mother,” her one famous poem, first appeared in Harper's Weekly (March 2, 1878), and later in Madge, the Violet Girl and ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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