The World's Best Poetry ...John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard J. D. Morris, 1904 - English poetry |
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... Lord Hallam Tenny- son . 66 Suggestions for Study : ( A ) The physical basis of the poem . Study the metre . Why called Trochaic Octam- eter ? In what way does this metre resemble and in what way differ from Lowell's " Present Crisis ...
... Lord Hallam Tenny- son . 66 Suggestions for Study : ( A ) The physical basis of the poem . Study the metre . Why called Trochaic Octam- eter ? In what way does this metre resemble and in what way differ from Lowell's " Present Crisis ...
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... and glorious , Long to reign over us- God save the king ! O Lord our God , arise ! Scatter his enemies , And make them fall ; Confound their politics , Frustrate their knavish tricks ; On 18 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
... and glorious , Long to reign over us- God save the king ! O Lord our God , arise ! Scatter his enemies , And make them fall ; Confound their politics , Frustrate their knavish tricks ; On 18 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
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... lords of Night . The yellow leopards , strained and lean , The treacherous Russian knows so well , With gaping blackened jaws are seen To leap through hail of screaming shell . The strong sea - lion of England's wars Hath left his ...
... lords of Night . The yellow leopards , strained and lean , The treacherous Russian knows so well , With gaping blackened jaws are seen To leap through hail of screaming shell . The strong sea - lion of England's wars Hath left his ...
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... lord Will kiss the relics of the slain-- Some tarnished epaulette - some sword- Poor toys to soothe such anguished pain . For not in quiet English fields Are these , our brothers , lain to rest , Where we might deck their broken shields ...
... lord Will kiss the relics of the slain-- Some tarnished epaulette - some sword- Poor toys to soothe such anguished pain . For not in quiet English fields Are these , our brothers , lain to rest , Where we might deck their broken shields ...
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... LORD TENNYSON . RECESSIONAL . GOD of our fathers , known of old , - Lord of our far - flung battle line , - Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine , - Lord God of Hosts , be with us yet , Lest we forget , -lest we ...
... LORD TENNYSON . RECESSIONAL . GOD of our fathers , known of old , - Lord of our far - flung battle line , - Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine , - Lord God of Hosts , be with us yet , Lest we forget , -lest we ...
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