Anthology of the World's Best Poems, Volume 5W. H. Wise, 1948 - 3198 pages |
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... Cold windows kindle their dead glooms of glass To restless crystals ; cornice , dome and column Emerge from chaos in the splendor solemn ; Like faery lakes gleam lawns of dewy grass . With such a living light these dead eyes shine ...
... Cold windows kindle their dead glooms of glass To restless crystals ; cornice , dome and column Emerge from chaos in the splendor solemn ; Like faery lakes gleam lawns of dewy grass . With such a living light these dead eyes shine ...
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... cold On these eternal battlements of gold , Where all is pure , but cold as virgin snow . Here sobs are never heard ; no salt tears flow ; Here there are none to help - nor sick nor old ; No wrong to fight , no justice to uphold : Grant ...
... cold On these eternal battlements of gold , Where all is pure , but cold as virgin snow . Here sobs are never heard ; no salt tears flow ; Here there are none to help - nor sick nor old ; No wrong to fight , no justice to uphold : Grant ...
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... cold eyes of the stranger ? All the nests of my heart are cold and empty . I will not come for all your soft compelling , Little fingers plucking me by the heart - strings , In the gray dawning , in the quiet night hours . Because the ...
... cold eyes of the stranger ? All the nests of my heart are cold and empty . I will not come for all your soft compelling , Little fingers plucking me by the heart - strings , In the gray dawning , in the quiet night hours . Because the ...
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