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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... Published in Canada by General Publishing Company, Ltd., 30 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario. Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company, Ltd., 3 The Lanchesters, 162–164 Fulham Palace Road, London W69ER ...
... Published in Canada by General Publishing Company, Ltd., 30 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario. Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company, Ltd., 3 The Lanchesters, 162–164 Fulham Palace Road, London W69ER ...
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Martin Gardner. INTRODUCTION. THIS BOOK IS a companion to my Best Remembered Poems, published by Dover in 1992. In that collection I tried strenuously to select poems I thought were best known today among persons who find time to enjoy ...
Martin Gardner. INTRODUCTION. THIS BOOK IS a companion to my Best Remembered Poems, published by Dover in 1992. In that collection I tried strenuously to select poems I thought were best known today among persons who find time to enjoy ...
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... published in twelve volumes! Only one poem, “The Wants of Man,” became famous. It is said to have first been published in an Albany newspaper, though I do not know the details, and can be found in Adams's Poems of Religion and Society ...
... published in twelve volumes! Only one poem, “The Wants of Man,” became famous. It is said to have first been published in an Albany newspaper, though I do not know the details, and can be found in Adams's Poems of Religion and Society ...
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... published. I have never seen it with a byline. Guilty or Not Guilty She stood at the bar of justice, A creature wan and wild, In form too small for a woman, In features too old for a child; For a look so worn and pathetic Was stamped on ...
... published. I have never seen it with a byline. Guilty or Not Guilty She stood at the bar of justice, A creature wan and wild, In form too small for a woman, In features too old for a child; For a look so worn and pathetic Was stamped on ...
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... published posthumously in 1900. Much of his poetry was written in Manx dialect. Only one lyric became famous, “My Garden.” I can't resist following it with a parody by James Albert Lindon (1914–1979), my favorite British writer of comic ...
... published posthumously in 1900. Much of his poetry was written in Manx dialect. Only one lyric became famous, “My Garden.” I can't resist following it with a parody by James Albert Lindon (1914–1979), my favorite British writer of comic ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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