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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... things, Like dates of wars and deaths of kings, And yet recalls the very hour— 'T was noon by yonder village tower, And on the last blue noon in May The wind came briskly up this way, Crisping the brook beside the road; Then, pausing ...
... things, Like dates of wars and deaths of kings, And yet recalls the very hour— 'T was noon by yonder village tower, And on the last blue noon in May The wind came briskly up this way, Crisping the brook beside the road; Then, pausing ...
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... thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot— The veriest school Of peace; and yet the fool Contends that God is not— Not God! in gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I have a sign: 'Tis very sure God THOMAS EDWARD BROWN ...
... thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot— The veriest school Of peace; and yet the fool Contends that God is not— Not God! in gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I have a sign: 'Tis very sure God THOMAS EDWARD BROWN ...
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... thing? What rot! Weed plot, Scum pool, Old pot, Snail-shiny stool In pieces; yet the fool Contends that snails are not— Not snails! in gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I see their trails! 'Tis very sure my garden's full of snails ...
... thing? What rot! Weed plot, Scum pool, Old pot, Snail-shiny stool In pieces; yet the fool Contends that snails are not— Not snails! in gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I see their trails! 'Tis very sure my garden's full of snails ...
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... things that a woman can put On the crown of her head or the sole of her foot, Or wrap round her shoulders, or fit round her waist, Or that can be sewed on, or pinned on, or laced, Or tied on with a string, or stitched on with a bow, In ...
... things that a woman can put On the crown of her head or the sole of her foot, Or wrap round her shoulders, or fit round her waist, Or that can be sewed on, or pinned on, or laced, Or tied on with a string, or stitched on with a bow, In ...
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... thing in the wide world to wear! I should mention just here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal On myself ...
... thing in the wide world to wear! I should mention just here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal On myself ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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