The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Darley to HeaneyJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 476 pages |
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... break hearing a heart - broke rabble , The woman's wailing , the crying of child without check- Till a lioness arose breasting the babble , A prophetess towered in the tumult , a virginal tongue told . 18 Ah , touched in your bower of ...
... break hearing a heart - broke rabble , The woman's wailing , the crying of child without check- Till a lioness arose breasting the babble , A prophetess towered in the tumult , a virginal tongue told . 18 Ah , touched in your bower of ...
Page 272
... break the heart of stone . And every human heart that breaks , In prison - cell or yard , Is as that broken box that gave Its treasure to the Lord , And filled the unclean leper's house With the scent of costliest nard . Ah ! happy they ...
... break the heart of stone . And every human heart that breaks , In prison - cell or yard , Is as that broken box that gave Its treasure to the Lord , And filled the unclean leper's house With the scent of costliest nard . Ah ! happy they ...
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... breaks where no sun shines LIGHT breaks where no sun shines ; Where no sea runs , the waters of the heart Push in their tides ; And , broken ghosts with glow - worms in their heads , The things of light File through the flesh where no ...
... breaks where no sun shines LIGHT breaks where no sun shines ; Where no sea runs , the waters of the heart Push in their tides ; And , broken ghosts with glow - worms in their heads , The things of light File through the flesh where no ...
Contents
GEORGE DARLEY 17951846 | 1 |
The Wife ALost | 31 |
JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN 18031849 | 40 |
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