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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... Charge of the Light Bri- gade . " Let him read mainly for the senses rather than for the mind , getting the reward in the quickening of life through the throbbing rhythms ; then the metrical system of poetry will become as real to him ...
... Charge of the Light Bri- gade . " Let him read mainly for the senses rather than for the mind , getting the reward in the quickening of life through the throbbing rhythms ; then the metrical system of poetry will become as real to him ...
Page xxvii
... AUTHOR'S FIRST SINGING OF THE MAR- SEILLAISE " To arms ! to arms ! ye brave ! The avenging sword unsheathe . " From a photogravure after the painting by J. A. A. Pils . xxvii . 145 A CAVALRY CHARGE " My darling ! ah , the VOL . VIII .
... AUTHOR'S FIRST SINGING OF THE MAR- SEILLAISE " To arms ! to arms ! ye brave ! The avenging sword unsheathe . " From a photogravure after the painting by J. A. A. Pils . xxvii . 145 A CAVALRY CHARGE " My darling ! ah , the VOL . VIII .
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... CHARGE " My darling ! ah , the glass is out ! The bullets ring , the riders shout- No time for wine or sighing ! There ! bring my love the shattered glass- Charge ! On the foe ! No joys surpass Such dying ! From photogravure by Goupil ...
... CHARGE " My darling ! ah , the glass is out ! The bullets ring , the riders shout- No time for wine or sighing ! There ! bring my love the shattered glass- Charge ! On the foe ! No joys surpass Such dying ! From photogravure by Goupil ...
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... charge from Him Who watches girdled by his seraphim , To smite the wronger with thy destined rod . Wait'st thou his sign ? Enough , the unanswered cry Of virgin souls for vengeance , and on high The gathering blackness of the frown of ...
... charge from Him Who watches girdled by his seraphim , To smite the wronger with thy destined rod . Wait'st thou his sign ? Enough , the unanswered cry Of virgin souls for vengeance , and on high The gathering blackness of the frown of ...
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... charge thee , boy , if e'er thou meet With one of Assynt's name— Be it upon the mountain's side , Or yet within the glen , Stand he in martial gear alone , Or backed by armèd men— Face him as thou wouldst face the man Who wronged thy ...
... charge thee , boy , if e'er thou meet With one of Assynt's name— Be it upon the mountain's side , Or yet within the glen , Stand he in martial gear alone , Or backed by armèd men— Face him as thou wouldst face the man Who wronged thy ...
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