American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... hands may one day wield the patriot's blade As lightly as the pen . And maidens , with such eyes as would go dim Over a bleeding hound , Seem each one to have caught the strength of him Whose sword she sadly bound . Thus girt without ...
... hands may one day wield the patriot's blade As lightly as the pen . And maidens , with such eyes as would go dim Over a bleeding hound , Seem each one to have caught the strength of him Whose sword she sadly bound . Thus girt without ...
Page 92
... hands above the passing poor . Booth saw not , but led his queer ones there Round and round the mighty court - house square . Then , in an instant all that blear review Marched on spotless , clad in raiment new . The lame were ...
... hands above the passing poor . Booth saw not , but led his queer ones there Round and round the mighty court - house square . Then , in an instant all that blear review Marched on spotless , clad in raiment new . The lame were ...
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... hands upon the tablecloth At Aldebori's , by the thin Child's hands that opened to the moth And let the flutter of the moonlight in , By hands , by voices , by the voice Of Mrs. Whitman on the stair , By Margaret's " If we had the ...
... hands upon the tablecloth At Aldebori's , by the thin Child's hands that opened to the moth And let the flutter of the moonlight in , By hands , by voices , by the voice Of Mrs. Whitman on the stair , By Margaret's " If we had the ...
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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