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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... lands engrossed me - Lands of the prairies , Ohio's land , the southern savannas , engrossed me - For them I would live — I would be their orator ; - Then I met the examples of old and new heroes - I heard of warriors , sailors , and ...
... lands engrossed me - Lands of the prairies , Ohio's land , the southern savannas , engrossed me - For them I would live — I would be their orator ; - Then I met the examples of old and new heroes - I heard of warriors , sailors , and ...
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... land . And he driv by a house whar a man named Brown Was a livin ' , not fur from the edge o ' town , And he bantered Brown fur to buy his place , And said that bein ' as money was skace , And bein ' as sheriffs was hard to face , Two ...
... land . And he driv by a house whar a man named Brown Was a livin ' , not fur from the edge o ' town , And he bantered Brown fur to buy his place , And said that bein ' as money was skace , And bein ' as sheriffs was hard to face , Two ...
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... land tugging at the sea from under ? The shadow of Newfoundland lies flat and still . Labrador's yellow , where the ... land is , lending the land their waves ' own conformation : and Norway's hare runs south in agitation , profiles ...
... land tugging at the sea from under ? The shadow of Newfoundland lies flat and still . Labrador's yellow , where the ... land is , lending the land their waves ' own conformation : and Norway's hare runs south in agitation , profiles ...
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ANNE BRADSTREET ?16121672 | 1 |
Upon a Spider Catching a Fly | 14 |
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 17941878 | 30 |
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