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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... heard the tales of witchcraft old , And dream and sign and marvel told To sleepy listeners as they lay Stretched idly on the salted hay , Adrift along the winding shores , When favoring breezes deigned to blow The square sail of the ...
... heard the tales of witchcraft old , And dream and sign and marvel told To sleepy listeners as they lay Stretched idly on the salted hay , Adrift along the winding shores , When favoring breezes deigned to blow The square sail of the ...
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... heard the starving prisoner's sighs , And saw , from line and trench , your sons Follow our flight with home - sick eyes Beyond the battery's smoking guns . " “ And heard and saw ye only wrong And pain , " I cried , " O wing - worn ...
... heard the starving prisoner's sighs , And saw , from line and trench , your sons Follow our flight with home - sick eyes Beyond the battery's smoking guns . " “ And heard and saw ye only wrong And pain , " I cried , " O wing - worn ...
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... heard a Fly buzz — when I died ( 465 ) - I heard a Fly buzz when I died — The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air- Between the Heaves of Storm The Eyes around - had wrung them dry- And Breaths were gathering firm For ...
... heard a Fly buzz — when I died ( 465 ) - I heard a Fly buzz when I died — The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air- Between the Heaves of Storm The Eyes around - had wrung them dry- And Breaths were gathering firm For ...
Contents
ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
JOEL BARLOW 17541812 | 24 |
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