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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... face of Madeleine, painted on the wooden floor of a bar in Central City, Colorado, as a tribute to d'Arcy's famous poem. (Courtesy of the Central City Opera House Association.) FAMOUS POEMS FROM BYGONE DAYS EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY Martin.
... face of Madeleine, painted on the wooden floor of a bar in Central City, Colorado, as a tribute to d'Arcy's famous poem. (Courtesy of the Central City Opera House Association.) FAMOUS POEMS FROM BYGONE DAYS EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY Martin.
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Martin Gardner. FAMOUS POEMS FROM BYGONE DAYS EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY Martin Gardner DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. New York Copyright Copyright © 1995 by Martin Gardner. All rights reserved.
Martin Gardner. FAMOUS POEMS FROM BYGONE DAYS EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY Martin Gardner DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. New York Copyright Copyright © 1995 by Martin Gardner. All rights reserved.
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... edited and annotated by Martin Gardner. p. cm. 9780486148564 1. English poetry. 2. American poetry. I. Gardner, Martin, 1914– PR1175.F225 1995 821'.008—dc20 94-48822 CIP Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications ...
... edited and annotated by Martin Gardner. p. cm. 9780486148564 1. English poetry. 2. American poetry. I. Gardner, Martin, 1914– PR1175.F225 1995 821'.008—dc20 94-48822 CIP Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications ...
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... edited by Phineas Garrett, as well as collections of sentimental verse read on popular radio shows. I also made use of scrapbooks that I've picked up from time to time in antique malls. Is there any better proof of the nineteenth ...
... edited by Phineas Garrett, as well as collections of sentimental verse read on popular radio shows. I also made use of scrapbooks that I've picked up from time to time in antique malls. Is there any better proof of the nineteenth ...
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... edited several newspapers and magazines in the two cities, including the Atlantic Monthly, where he spent ten years as editor. His well-polished lyrics were collected in half a dozen volumes. Aldrich intensely disliked the free verse of ...
... edited several newspapers and magazines in the two cities, including the Atlantic Monthly, where he spent ten years as editor. His well-polished lyrics were collected in half a dozen volumes. Aldrich intensely disliked the free verse of ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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