The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 482
... Field , Glory and Greece , around me see ! The Spartan , borne upon his shield , Was not more free . Awake ! ( not Greece - she is awake ! ) Awake , my spirit ! Think through whom Thy life - blood tracks its parent lake , And then ...
... Field , Glory and Greece , around me see ! The Spartan , borne upon his shield , Was not more free . Awake ! ( not Greece - she is awake ! ) Awake , my spirit ! Think through whom Thy life - blood tracks its parent lake , And then ...
Page 485
... field : refers to the ' Peterloo Massacre ' at St Peter's Fields , Manchester in 1819 , in which cavalry were used to disperse a political meeting , resulting in 11 deaths and many injuries 10 Golden and sanguine laws : laws bought by ...
... field : refers to the ' Peterloo Massacre ' at St Peter's Fields , Manchester in 1819 , in which cavalry were used to disperse a political meeting , resulting in 11 deaths and many injuries 10 Golden and sanguine laws : laws bought by ...
Page 490
... field and hill and Ocean 165 A quickening life from the Earth's heart has burst As it has ever done , with change ... fields are green , Evening must usher night , night urge the morrow , Month follow month with woe , and year wake year ...
... field and hill and Ocean 165 A quickening life from the Earth's heart has burst As it has ever done , with change ... fields are green , Evening must usher night , night urge the morrow , Month follow month with woe , and year wake year ...
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