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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... Gray” to “A Texas Cowboy,” and includes three stanzas not contained in the scrapbook's clipping. Where lines differ, I have selected those that scan the best. Granger's Index to Poetry says the poem has been attributed to J. W. Pruitte ...
... Gray” to “A Texas Cowboy,” and includes three stanzas not contained in the scrapbook's clipping. Where lines differ, I have selected those that scan the best. Granger's Index to Poetry says the poem has been attributed to J. W. Pruitte ...
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... 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 stood at the crossing and waited long, Alone, uncared for, amid the throng Of human beings who passed ...
... 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 stood at the crossing and waited long, Alone, uncared for, amid the throng Of human beings who passed ...
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... gray Hastened the children on their way. Nor offered a helping hand to her— So meek, so timid, afraid to stir Lest the carriage wheels or the horses' feet Should crowd her down in the slippery street. At last came one of the merry troop ...
... gray Hastened the children on their way. Nor offered a helping hand to her— So meek, so timid, afraid to stir Lest the carriage wheels or the horses' feet Should crowd her down in the slippery street. At last came one of the merry troop ...
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Martin Gardner. “If ever she's poor and old and gray, When her own dear boy is far away.” And “somebody's mother” bowed low her head In her home that night, and the prayer she said Was “God be kind to the noble boy, Who is somebody's son ...
Martin Gardner. “If ever she's poor and old and gray, When her own dear boy is far away.” And “somebody's mother” bowed low her head In her home that night, and the prayer she said Was “God be kind to the noble boy, Who is somebody's son ...
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... gray— I, who am smart an' chipper, for all the years I've told, As many another woman that's only half as old. Over the hill to the poor-house—I can't quite make it clear! Over the hill to the poor-house—it seems so horrid queer! Many a ...
... gray— I, who am smart an' chipper, for all the years I've told, As many another woman that's only half as old. Over the hill to the poor-house—I can't quite make it clear! Over the hill to the poor-house—it seems so horrid queer! Many a ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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ain’t American anonymous anthologies Anthony Trollope ballad beautiful snow Ben Bolt Best Remembered Poems bird Bludso blue Bolt book of verse born boys Bret Harte byline Chambered Nautilus City dead dear death dream drink E. A. Wallis Budge Edgar Allan Poe edited EDWARD ROWLAND SILL eyes face fair famous poem grandfather’s gray Gustav Stickley head heart heathen Chinee Hell-Bound Train hill I’ve illustrations included John Keep a-goin kiss lady lips that touch living lyric Mad Carew mother never touch newspaper night novels o’er Old Aunt Mary’s Paramore parodies photographs play poet poetry poor-house published rain recited river Robert Service sing smile Somebody’s song soul Speaker’s Garland stanza stars stories Straub sweet Alice There’s things thought titled to-night touch liquor twas Water-Mill wear what’s William wind wings woman wrote York Yukon