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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Page 267
... look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick - stemm'd pipes of steamboats , I look'd . I too many and many a time cross'd the river of old , Watched the Twelfth - month sea - gulls , saw them high in the air floating with ...
... look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick - stemm'd pipes of steamboats , I look'd . I too many and many a time cross'd the river of old , Watched the Twelfth - month sea - gulls , saw them high in the air floating with ...
Page 268
... look back on me because I look'd forward to them , ( The time will come , though I stop here to - day and to - night . ) What is it then between us ? 5 What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us ? Whatever it is ...
... look back on me because I look'd forward to them , ( The time will come , though I stop here to - day and to - night . ) What is it then between us ? 5 What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us ? Whatever it is ...
Page 414
... look one way . They turn their back on the land . They look at the sea all day . As long as it takes to pass A ship keeps raising its hull ; The wetter ground like glass Reflects a standing gull . The land may vary more ; But wherever ...
... look one way . They turn their back on the land . They look at the sea all day . As long as it takes to pass A ship keeps raising its hull ; The wetter ground like glass Reflects a standing gull . The land may vary more ; But wherever ...
Contents
ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
JOEL BARLOW 17541812 | 24 |
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