Famous Poems from Bygone DaysMartin Gardner Courier Corporation, 20. feb. 2013 - 208 sider 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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... my plan, Submission to the will of God, With charity to man. I want a keen observing eye, An ever-listening ear, The truth through all disguise to spy, And wisdom's voice to hear: A tongue, to speak at virtue's need, In heaven's sublimest.
... my plan, Submission to the will of God, With charity to man. I want a keen observing eye, An ever-listening ear, The truth through all disguise to spy, And wisdom's voice to hear: A tongue, to speak at virtue's need, In heaven's sublimest.
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... eyes, I thought of her I loved so well—those early broken ties— I visited the old churchyard, and took some flowers to strew Upon the graves of those we loved, some twenty years ago. Some are in the churchyard laid, some sleep beneath ...
... eyes, I thought of her I loved so well—those early broken ties— I visited the old churchyard, and took some flowers to strew Upon the graves of those we loved, some twenty years ago. Some are in the churchyard laid, some sleep beneath ...
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... eyes in a moment And looked in the judge's eye. “I will tell you just how it was, sir; My father and mother are dead, And my little brother and sisters Were hungry, and asked me for bread. At first I earned it for them By working hard ...
... eyes in a moment And looked in the judge's eye. “I will tell you just how it was, sir; My father and mother are dead, And my little brother and sisters Were hungry, and asked me for bread. At first I earned it for them By working hard ...
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... eye. When his mother asked what happened, he said he had tried to help an old 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 ...
... eye. When his mother asked what happened, he said he had tried to help an old 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 ...
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... eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to ...
... eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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