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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... live freshly in thy memory And when thou feel'st no grief , as I no harms , Yet love thy dead , who long lay in ... live , in love lets so persever , That when we live no more , we may live ever . Some Verses upon the Burning of Our ...
... live freshly in thy memory And when thou feel'st no grief , as I no harms , Yet love thy dead , who long lay in ... live , in love lets so persever , That when we live no more , we may live ever . Some Verses upon the Burning of Our ...
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Richard Ellmann. I Saw in Louisiana a Live - Oak Growing I saw in Louisiana a live - oak growing , All alone stood it and the moss hung down from the branches , Without any companion it grew there uttering joyous leaves of dark green ...
Richard Ellmann. I Saw in Louisiana a Live - Oak Growing I saw in Louisiana a live - oak growing , All alone stood it and the moss hung down from the branches , Without any companion it grew there uttering joyous leaves of dark green ...
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... live in a name , To live in mankind , far , far more . . . than to live in a name . The Congo A Study of the Negro Race ( Being a memorial to Ray Eldred , a Disciple missionary of the Congo River ) I. Their Basic Savagery Fat black ...
... live in a name , To live in mankind , far , far more . . . than to live in a name . The Congo A Study of the Negro Race ( Being a memorial to Ray Eldred , a Disciple missionary of the Congo River ) I. Their Basic Savagery Fat black ...
Contents
ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
JOEL BARLOW 17541812 | 24 |
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