The New Oxford Book of American VerseRichard Ellmann An anthology of poems by American poets from Taylor and Bradstreet to Plath, Ginsberg, and Ashbery, reflecting the traditions and achievements of three centuries. |
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... Death Take in thy Dying thus my death the Cause ? And lay I dying in thy Dying breath , According to Graces Redemption Laws ? If one did dy for all , it needs must bee That all did dy in one , and from death free . Infinities fierce ...
... Death Take in thy Dying thus my death the Cause ? And lay I dying in thy Dying breath , According to Graces Redemption Laws ? If one did dy for all , it needs must bee That all did dy in one , and from death free . Infinities fierce ...
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... death , death , death , death , Hissing melodious , neither like the bird nor like my arous'd child's heart , But edging near as privately for me rustling at my feet , Creeping thence steadily up to my ears and laving me softly all over ...
... death , death , death , death , Hissing melodious , neither like the bird nor like my arous'd child's heart , But edging near as privately for me rustling at my feet , Creeping thence steadily up to my ears and laving me softly all over ...
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... death , Undulate round the world , serenely arriving , arriving , In the day , in the night , to all , to each , Sooner or later delicate death . Prais'd be the fathomless universe , For life and joy , and for objects and knowledge ...
... death , Undulate round the world , serenely arriving , arriving , In the day , in the night , to all , to each , Sooner or later delicate death . Prais'd be the fathomless universe , For life and joy , and for objects and knowledge ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
JOEL BARLOW 17541812 | 24 |
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