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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... seen a Dying Eye Run round and round a Room In search of Something Then Cloudier become And then - as it seemed - obscure with Fog - And then be soldered down - Without disclosing what it be " Twere blessed to have seen The Brain ...
... seen a Dying Eye Run round and round a Room In search of Something Then Cloudier become And then - as it seemed - obscure with Fog - And then be soldered down - Without disclosing what it be " Twere blessed to have seen The Brain ...
Page 553
... seen this swan and I have seen you ; I have seen ambition without understanding in a variety of forms . Happening to stand by an ant - hill , I have seen a fastidious ant carrying a stick north , south , east , west , till it turned on ...
... seen this swan and I have seen you ; I have seen ambition without understanding in a variety of forms . Happening to stand by an ant - hill , I have seen a fastidious ant carrying a stick north , south , east , west , till it turned on ...
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... seen and always , always delightful ? Oh , must we dream our dreams and have them , too ? And have we room for one more folded sunset , still quite warm ? But surely it would have been a pity not to have seen the trees along this road ...
... seen and always , always delightful ? Oh , must we dream our dreams and have them , too ? And have we room for one more folded sunset , still quite warm ? But surely it would have been a pity not to have seen the trees along this road ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
JOEL BARLOW 17541812 | 24 |
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