Collins Albatross Book of Verse: English and American Poetry from the Thirteenth Century to the Present Day |
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Page 246
None who their vain moments pass Only studious of their glass ; News , that charm to list'ning ears , That false alarm to hopes and fears , That common theme of every fop , From the statesmen to the shop , In those coverts ...
None who their vain moments pass Only studious of their glass ; News , that charm to list'ning ears , That false alarm to hopes and fears , That common theme of every fop , From the statesmen to the shop , In those coverts ...
Page 396
“ Pass in , pass in , ” the angels say , “ In to the upper doors , Nor count compartments of the floors , But mount to paradise By the stairway of surprise . " THE RHODORA : ON BEING ASKED , WHENCE IS THE FLOWER ?
“ Pass in , pass in , ” the angels say , “ In to the upper doors , Nor count compartments of the floors , But mount to paradise By the stairway of surprise . " THE RHODORA : ON BEING ASKED , WHENCE IS THE FLOWER ?
Page 502
Pass me the can , lad ; there's an end of May . There's one spoilt spring to scant our mortal lot , One season ruined of our little store . May will be fine next year as like as not : Oh , aye , but then we shall be twenty - four .
Pass me the can , lad ; there's an end of May . There's one spoilt spring to scant our mortal lot , One season ruined of our little store . May will be fine next year as like as not : Oh , aye , but then we shall be twenty - four .
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| Title | Collins Albatross Book of Verse: English and American Poetry from the Thirteenth Century to the Present Day School edition |
| Editor | Louis Untermeyer |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Collins, 1960 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 672 pages |
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