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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... spring In the days of long ago , Ranged where the locomotives sing And the prairie flowers lie low : - The tossing , blooming , perfumed grass Is swept away by the wheat , Wheels and wheels and wheels spin by In the spring that still is ...
... spring In the days of long ago , Ranged where the locomotives sing And the prairie flowers lie low : - The tossing , blooming , perfumed grass Is swept away by the wheat , Wheels and wheels and wheels spin by In the spring that still is ...
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... spring approaches - They enter the new world naked , cold , uncertain of all save that they enter . All about them the cold , familiar wind -- Now the grass , tomorrow the stiff curl of wildcarrot leaf One by one objects are defined It ...
... spring approaches - They enter the new world naked , cold , uncertain of all save that they enter . All about them the cold , familiar wind -- Now the grass , tomorrow the stiff curl of wildcarrot leaf One by one objects are defined It ...
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... Spring Day , 952 spring night in Shokoku - ji , A , 1034 Spring Pools , 405 Squat in swamp shadows , 1030 Stars Wheel in Purple , 532 Stars wheel in purple , yours is not so rare , 532 Stasis in darkness , 1044 Steeple - Jack , The ...
... Spring Day , 952 spring night in Shokoku - ji , A , 1034 Spring Pools , 405 Squat in swamp shadows , 1030 Stars Wheel in Purple , 532 Stars wheel in purple , yours is not so rare , 532 Stasis in darkness , 1044 Steeple - Jack , The ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
JOEL BARLOW 17541812 | 24 |
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