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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... LADY ANNA, Anthony Trollope. (24669-8) $8.95 ORLEY FARM, Anthony Trollope. (24181-5) $11.95 STRUGGLING UPWARD; OR LUKE LARKIN's LUCK, Horatio Alger, Jr. (24737-6) $4.95 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK, Aubrey Beardsley and Alexander Pope. (21963-1) ...
... LADY ANNA, Anthony Trollope. (24669-8) $8.95 ORLEY FARM, Anthony Trollope. (24181-5) $11.95 STRUGGLING UPWARD; OR LUKE LARKIN's LUCK, Horatio Alger, Jr. (24737-6) $4.95 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK, Aubrey Beardsley and Alexander Pope. (21963-1) ...
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... Gentile and Jew. Rich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags; Handsome young ladies and withered old hags; Yellow and black men, red, brown and white— All chained together! What a terrible sight. While the train ANONYMOUS.
... Gentile and Jew. Rich men in broadcloth, beggars in rags; Handsome young ladies and withered old hags; Yellow and black men, red, brown and white— All chained together! What a terrible sight. While the train ANONYMOUS.
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... lady across the street, but she didn't want to go. Somebody's Mother The woman was old and ragged and gray And bent with the chill of the Winter's day. The street was wet with a recent snow And the woman's feet were aged and slow. She ...
... lady across the street, but she didn't want to go. Somebody's Mother The woman was old and ragged and gray And bent with the chill of the Winter's day. The street was wet with a recent snow And the woman's feet were aged and slow. She ...
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... lady whose name is so famous in history,1 But plain Mrs. H., without romance or mystery) Spent six consecutive weeks ... ladies themselves manifested Such particular interest, that they invested Their own proper persons in layers and ...
... lady whose name is so famous in history,1 But plain Mrs. H., without romance or mystery) Spent six consecutive weeks ... ladies themselves manifested Such particular interest, that they invested Their own proper persons in layers and ...
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... ladies are apt to be found, When the time intervening between the first sound Of the bell and the visitor's entry is shorter Than usual—I found; I won't say—I caught her— Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps ...
... ladies are apt to be found, When the time intervening between the first sound Of the bell and the visitor's entry is shorter Than usual—I found; I won't say—I caught her— Intent on the pier-glass, undoubtedly meaning To see if perhaps ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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