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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... breathing might Of the immortal marble , his the play Of diamond - pointed thought and golden tongue . Go seek the sunshine race . Ye find to - day A broken column and a lute unstrung . " O World - God , give me Power ! " the Roman ...
... breathing might Of the immortal marble , his the play Of diamond - pointed thought and golden tongue . Go seek the sunshine race . Ye find to - day A broken column and a lute unstrung . " O World - God , give me Power ! " the Roman ...
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... ' Neath every alien star , Forget not whence the breath was blown That wafted you afar ! For ye are still her ancient seed On younger soil let fall- Children of Britain's island - breed , To whom the 32 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
... ' Neath every alien star , Forget not whence the breath was blown That wafted you afar ! For ye are still her ancient seed On younger soil let fall- Children of Britain's island - breed , To whom the 32 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
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... my ear , That lost in long futurity expire . Fond impious man , think'st thou yon sanguine cloud , Raised by thy breath , has quenched the orb of day ? To - morrow he repairs the golden flood , And 38 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
... my ear , That lost in long futurity expire . Fond impious man , think'st thou yon sanguine cloud , Raised by thy breath , has quenched the orb of day ? To - morrow he repairs the golden flood , And 38 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
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... breath , For well they knew the hero's soul Was face to face with death . And then a mournful shudder Through all the people crept , And some that came to scoff at him Now turned aside and wept . But onward - always onward , In silence ...
... breath , For well they knew the hero's soul Was face to face with death . And then a mournful shudder Through all the people crept , And some that came to scoff at him Now turned aside and wept . But onward - always onward , In silence ...
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... breath and smiles ; Like that kind face and breast where I was nursed Is my poor land , the Niobe of isles . JOHN ... Breathing lover's 60 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
... breath and smiles ; Like that kind face and breast where I was nursed Is my poor land , the Niobe of isles . JOHN ... Breathing lover's 60 POEMS OF NATIONAL SPIRIT .
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