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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... song , It flutters and murmurs still : " A boy's will is the wind's will , And the thoughts of youth are long , long thoughts . " I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the school - boy's brain ; The song and the silence in ...
... song , It flutters and murmurs still : " A boy's will is the wind's will , And the thoughts of youth are long , long thoughts . " I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the school - boy's brain ; The song and the silence in ...
Page 295
... song of the hermit bird and the tallying song of my soul , Victorious song , death's outlet song , yet varying ever - altering song , As low and wailing , yet clear the notes , rising and falling , flooding the night , Sadly sinking and ...
... song of the hermit bird and the tallying song of my soul , Victorious song , death's outlet song , yet varying ever - altering song , As low and wailing , yet clear the notes , rising and falling , flooding the night , Sadly sinking and ...
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... Song of Hiawatha , The , 88 Song of Myself , 207 Song of Seyd Nimetollah of Kuhistan , 83 Song of the Open Road , 257 Song of Three Smiles , 981 Sonnets at Christmas , 681 Sonnet - Silence , 154 So proud she was to die ( 1272 ) , 349 ...
... Song of Hiawatha , The , 88 Song of Myself , 207 Song of Seyd Nimetollah of Kuhistan , 83 Song of the Open Road , 257 Song of Three Smiles , 981 Sonnets at Christmas , 681 Sonnet - Silence , 154 So proud she was to die ( 1272 ) , 349 ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
JOEL BARLOW 17541812 | 24 |
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