American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... beneath his fires , Yet other Spains in victim smoke shall rise And other Moskows suffocate the skies , Each land lie reeking with its people's slain And not a stream run bloodless to the main . Till men resume their souls , and dare to ...
... beneath his fires , Yet other Spains in victim smoke shall rise And other Moskows suffocate the skies , Each land lie reeking with its people's slain And not a stream run bloodless to the main . Till men resume their souls , and dare to ...
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... Beneath it rung the battle shout , And burst the cannon's roar— The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more . Her deck , once red with heroes ' blood , Where knelt the vanquished foe , When winds were hurrying o'er the ...
... Beneath it rung the battle shout , And burst the cannon's roar— The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more . Her deck , once red with heroes ' blood , Where knelt the vanquished foe , When winds were hurrying o'er the ...
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... Beneath the malediction of his spell . Yet wondered more he nowhere chose to tell Of such a dreary destiny as mine . He paints no lover with a weary sense That what he loves is just beyond his sight , Towards which in vain he wings his ...
... Beneath the malediction of his spell . Yet wondered more he nowhere chose to tell Of such a dreary destiny as mine . He paints no lover with a weary sense That what he loves is just beyond his sight , Towards which in vain he wings his ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET 16121672 | 5 |
from Contemplations | 11 |
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 17671848 | 17 |
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Atlantic beauty bells beneath bird blood bloom blue bones breath bright cloud cold CONRAD AIKEN Copyright dark dead death deer door dream dust E. E. CUMMINGS earth ELINOR WYLIE EMILY DICKINSON eyes face fall feet floating flower four lean hounds GEORGE DILLON girls gold golden golden girls Goya grass green HART CRANE heart heaven hill hounds crouched low KARL SHAPIRO land leaf lean hounds crouched LÉONIE ADAMS light living look LOUISE BOGAN love riding low and smiling lyric never night pale Poems rain ROBERT FROST ROBINSON JEFFERS rooster rose Sailor sang shadow shine shore silent silver dawn singing skies sleep snow song soul sound spring star stare steeple-jack stones storm stream summer sweet thee thine thing thou tide trees TRUMBULL STICKNEY VINCENT MILLAY voice walk WALLACE STEVENS watch waves weeping wind wings