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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... thee abroad , expos'd to publick view , Made thee in raggs , halting to th ' press to trudg , Where errors were not lessened ( all may judge ) . At thy return my blushing was not small , My rambling brat ( in print ) should mother call ...
... thee abroad , expos'd to publick view , Made thee in raggs , halting to th ' press to trudg , Where errors were not lessened ( all may judge ) . At thy return my blushing was not small , My rambling brat ( in print ) should mother call ...
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... thee : The uncouth word , a libel on the town , Would call a proclamation from the crown . For climes oblique , that fear the sun's full rays , Chill'd in their fogs , exclude the generous maize ; A grain whose rich luxuriant growth ...
... thee : The uncouth word , a libel on the town , Would call a proclamation from the crown . For climes oblique , that fear the sun's full rays , Chill'd in their fogs , exclude the generous maize ; A grain whose rich luxuriant growth ...
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... thee a chant of fullest welcome ? Then I chant it for thee , I glorify thee above all , I bring thee a song that when thou must indeed come , come unfal- teringly . Approach strong deliveress , When it is so , when thou hast taken them ...
... thee a chant of fullest welcome ? Then I chant it for thee , I glorify thee above all , I bring thee a song that when thou must indeed come , come unfal- teringly . Approach strong deliveress , When it is so , when thou hast taken them ...
Contents
ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
JOEL BARLOW 17541812 | 24 |
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