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It happed one morning , as his fancy led , Before his usual hour he left his bed To walk within a lonely lawn , that stood On ev'ry side surrounded by the wood . Alone he walked to please his pensive mind , And sought the deepest ...
It happed one morning , as his fancy led , Before his usual hour he left his bed To walk within a lonely lawn , that stood On ev'ry side surrounded by the wood . Alone he walked to please his pensive mind , And sought the deepest ...
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His painted float Motionless as a planet stood ; Motionless his boat . A melancholy soul was this , With lantern jaw , gnarled hand , vague eye ; Huddled in pensive solitariness He had fished existence by . Empty his creel ; stolen his ...
His painted float Motionless as a planet stood ; Motionless his boat . A melancholy soul was this , With lantern jaw , gnarled hand , vague eye ; Huddled in pensive solitariness He had fished existence by . Empty his creel ; stolen his ...
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Auden He stood there above the body , He stood there holding the knife ; And the blood ran down the stairs and sang , ' I'm the Resurrection and the Life . ' They tapped Victor on the shoulder , They took him away in a van ; He sat as ...
Auden He stood there above the body , He stood there holding the knife ; And the blood ran down the stairs and sang , ' I'm the Resurrection and the Life . ' They tapped Victor on the shoulder , They took him away in a van ; He sat as ...
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Contents
I | 1 |
John SKBLTON c 14601529 | 12 |
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 15541586 | 56 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Penguin Book of Narrative Verse Part 49 of The Penguin poets |
| Editor | David Herbert |
| Publisher | Middlesex, 1960 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2005 |
| Length | 462 pages |
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