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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... Wear” appeared anonymously in Harper's Weekly (February 7, 1857). When the editor told Butler he needed twenty-four more lines to fill out the last page, Buder obligingly supplied them, though we don't know which lines they were. As ...
... Wear” appeared anonymously in Harper's Weekly (February 7, 1857). When the editor told Butler he needed twenty-four more lines to fill out the last page, Buder obligingly supplied them, though we don't know which lines they were. As ...
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... wear! NOTHING TO WEAR! Now, as this is a true ditty, I do not assert—this, you know, is between us— That she's in a state of absolute nudity, Like Powers' Greek Slave,2 or the Medici Venus; But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare ...
... wear! NOTHING TO WEAR! Now, as this is a true ditty, I do not assert—this, you know, is between us— That she's in a state of absolute nudity, Like Powers' Greek Slave,2 or the Medici Venus; But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare ...
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... wear.” “Nothing to wear! go just as you are; Wear the dress you have on, and you'll be by far, I engage, the most bright and particular star On the Stuckup horizon”—I stopped, for her eye, Notwithstanding this delicate onset of flattery ...
... wear.” “Nothing to wear! go just as you are; Wear the dress you have on, and you'll be by far, I engage, the most bright and particular star On the Stuckup horizon”—I stopped, for her eye, Notwithstanding this delicate onset of flattery ...
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... wear that for the whole of creation.” “Why not? It's my fancy, there's nothing could strike it As more comme il faut—” “Yes, but, dear me, that lean Sophronia Stuckup has got one just like it, And I won't appear dressed like a chit of ...
... wear that for the whole of creation.” “Why not? It's my fancy, there's nothing could strike it As more comme il faut—” “Yes, but, dear me, that lean Sophronia Stuckup has got one just like it, And I won't appear dressed like a chit of ...
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... wear, And it's perfectly plain you not only don't care, But you do not believe me” (here the nose went still higher). “I suppose if you dared you would call me a liar. Our engagement is ended, Sir—yes, on the spot; You're a brute, and a ...
... wear, And it's perfectly plain you not only don't care, But you do not believe me” (here the nose went still higher). “I suppose if you dared you would call me a liar. Our engagement is ended, Sir—yes, on the spot; You're a brute, and 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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