American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... stand the Pillars upon which it stands ? Who Lac'de and Fillitted the earth so fine , With Rivers like green Ribbons Smaragdine ? Who made the Sea's its Selvedge , and it locks Like a Quilt Ball within a Silver Box ? Who Spread its ...
... stand the Pillars upon which it stands ? Who Lac'de and Fillitted the earth so fine , With Rivers like green Ribbons Smaragdine ? Who made the Sea's its Selvedge , and it locks Like a Quilt Ball within a Silver Box ? Who Spread its ...
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... stand Solid and stern . But the rivers slide Gently in valleys . Lithe fishes glide In their cold alleys . And there are creatures Of various forms And various natures . Rosy worms Wallow at dawn In pools of dew . Cloud - white upon ...
... stand Solid and stern . But the rivers slide Gently in valleys . Lithe fishes glide In their cold alleys . And there are creatures Of various forms And various natures . Rosy worms Wallow at dawn In pools of dew . Cloud - white upon ...
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Elder Olson. Under that roof Where thunders are I stand aloof , Watching a star . What am I That stand and watch ? - Two yards high . More than a patch Of blood and bones ? For a certain space More than a stone's Smooth sightless face ...
Elder Olson. Under that roof Where thunders are I stand aloof , Watching a star . What am I That stand and watch ? - Two yards high . More than a patch Of blood and bones ? For a certain space More than a stone's Smooth sightless face ...
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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