Famous Poems from Bygone DaysMartin Gardner Courier Corporation, 20/02/2013 - 208 páginas Over 80 poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries, from Hugh Antoine d'Arcy's "The Face on the Barroom Floor" to Phila Henrietta Chase's "Nobody’s Child," rich in rhythm and rhyme, filled with feelings and stories about love and war, ships and the sea, farms and family, life and death, heaven and hell. Introduction. Brief biographies of each poet. Alphabetical indexes of titles and first lines. |
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... drink, war and patriotism, farm life, tramps and vagabonds, ships and the sea, storms and railroads. Is it not curious that modern poets have. DOVER BOOKS ON LITERATURE AND DRAMA Title Page Copyright Page A Verseman's Apology INTRODUCTION.
... drink, war and patriotism, farm life, tramps and vagabonds, ships and the sea, storms and railroads. Is it not curious that modern poets have. DOVER BOOKS ON LITERATURE AND DRAMA Title Page Copyright Page A Verseman's Apology INTRODUCTION.
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... drink no more. So he fell asleep with a troubled brain, And dreamed that he rode on a hell-bound train. The engine with blood was red and damp, And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp; For fuel, an imp was shoveling bones, While the ...
... drink no more. So he fell asleep with a troubled brain, And dreamed that he rode on a hell-bound train. The engine with blood was red and damp, And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp; For fuel, an imp was shoveling bones, While the ...
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... drink and the devil's power, And his vows and prayers were not in vain, For he never more rode on a hell-bound train. ANONYMOUS I HAVE NO IDEA where this tender poem first appeared or who the author was. Burton Stevenson, in his ...
... drink and the devil's power, And his vows and prayers were not in vain, For he never more rode on a hell-bound train. ANONYMOUS I HAVE NO IDEA where this tender poem first appeared or who the author was. Burton Stevenson, in his ...
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... drink, dear Tom, I even started so! To see how much that I am changed since twenty years ago. Near by the spring, upon an elm, you know I cut your name, Your sweetheart's just beneath it, Tom, and you did mine the same— Some heartless ...
... drink, dear Tom, I even started so! To see how much that I am changed since twenty years ago. Near by the spring, upon an elm, you know I cut your name, Your sweetheart's just beneath it, Tom, and you did mine the same— Some heartless ...
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... see) She never used to tumble down, Nor break her doll, nor tear her gown, Nor drink her papa's tea. She learned to knit, “plain,” “seam,” and “purl,”— When mamma was a little girl. But grandma says—it must be true— “How fast the seasons.
... see) She never used to tumble down, Nor break her doll, nor tear her gown, Nor drink her papa's tea. She learned to knit, “plain,” “seam,” and “purl,”— When mamma was a little girl. But grandma says—it must be true— “How fast the seasons.
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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