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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... fire at night , tone and words and gestures all fit- ting into harmony with the movement of his body . So came the chants and songs of work and of triumph . For the dead warrior the moan of la- mentation fitted itself to the slower ...
... fire at night , tone and words and gestures all fit- ting into harmony with the movement of his body . So came the chants and songs of work and of triumph . For the dead warrior the moan of la- mentation fitted itself to the slower ...
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... fire consumes him , neither floods devour ; Immortal through the lamp within his hand . EMMA LAZARUS . 66 ENGLAND . FROM THE TIMEPIECE " : " THE TASK , ” BK . II . ENGLAND , with all thy faults , I love thee still , - My country ! and ...
... fire consumes him , neither floods devour ; Immortal through the lamp within his hand . EMMA LAZARUS . 66 ENGLAND . FROM THE TIMEPIECE " : " THE TASK , ” BK . II . ENGLAND , with all thy faults , I love thee still , - My country ! and ...
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... fires which are The torches of the lords of Night . The yellow leopards , strained and lean , The treacherous Russian knows so well , With gaping blackened ... fire , England with bare and bloody feet Climbs the steep road PATRIOTISM . 23.
... fires which are The torches of the lords of Night . The yellow leopards , strained and lean , The treacherous Russian knows so well , With gaping blackened ... fire , England with bare and bloody feet Climbs the steep road PATRIOTISM . 23.
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... fire , to blast the hopes of men . Why change the titles of your streets ? You fools , you'll want them all again . Hands all round ! God the tyrant's cause confound ! To France , the wiser France , we drink , my friends , And the great ...
... fire , to blast the hopes of men . Why change the titles of your streets ? You fools , you'll want them all again . Hands all round ! God the tyrant's cause confound ! To France , the wiser France , we drink , my friends , And the great ...
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... fire . Lo ! all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! Judge of the nations , spare us yet , Lest we forget , -lest we forget ! If , drunk with sight of power , we loose Wild tongues that have not thee in awe , Such ...
... fire . Lo ! all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! Judge of the nations , spare us yet , Lest we forget , -lest we forget ! If , drunk with sight of power , we loose Wild tongues that have not thee in awe , Such ...
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