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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... HEART OF THOREAU'S JOURNALS, Odell Shepard. (20741-2) $6.95 SHAKESPEARE LEXICON AND QUOTATION DICTIONARY, Alexander Schmidt. (22726-X, 22727-8) Two-volume set $31.90 How TO WRITE, Gertrude Stein. (23144-5) $6.95 H.D. THOREAU: A WRITER'S ...
... HEART OF THOREAU'S JOURNALS, Odell Shepard. (20741-2) $6.95 SHAKESPEARE LEXICON AND QUOTATION DICTIONARY, Alexander Schmidt. (22726-X, 22727-8) Two-volume set $31.90 How TO WRITE, Gertrude Stein. (23144-5) $6.95 H.D. THOREAU: A WRITER'S ...
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... heart. Their lines are easy to memorize, and can be understood without revelations from erudite critics. Their rhythms may jingle and clank, but at least they have a melodic structure. If you are as old as I am, many poems in this ...
... heart. Their lines are easy to memorize, and can be understood without revelations from erudite critics. Their rhythms may jingle and clank, but at least they have a melodic structure. If you are as old as I am, many poems in this ...
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... Holmes? I suppose he is. Butlet him prove it by wringing the human heart as they did. In particular, let him wring it so that it will stay wrung. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767–1848) BORN IN BRAINTREE (now Quincy), Massachusetts,
... Holmes? I suppose he is. Butlet him prove it by wringing the human heart as they did. In particular, let him wring it so that it will stay wrung. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767–1848) BORN IN BRAINTREE (now Quincy), Massachusetts,
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... , exquisitely wrought, Must open stand apart, That all my daughters may be taught To win the stranger's heart. My wife and daughters will desire Refreshment from perfumes, Cosmetics for the skin require, And artificial blooms. The civet.
... , exquisitely wrought, Must open stand apart, That all my daughters may be taught To win the stranger's heart. My wife and daughters will desire Refreshment from perfumes, Cosmetics for the skin require, And artificial blooms. The civet.
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... heart, For others' wants to feel; A soul secure from fortune's dart, And bosom arm'd with steel; To bear divine chastisement's rod, And, mingling in my plan, Submission to the will of God, With charity to man. I want a keen observing ...
... heart, For others' wants to feel; A soul secure from fortune's dart, And bosom arm'd with steel; To bear divine chastisement's rod, And, mingling in my plan, Submission to the will of God, With charity to man. I want a keen observing ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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