The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Darley to HeaneyJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 476 pages |
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... cried ' Forward ! ' And those before cried ' Back ! ' And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array ; And on the tossing sea of steel , To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet - peal Dies fitfully away . LI Yet ...
... cried ' Forward ! ' And those before cried ' Back ! ' And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array ; And on the tossing sea of steel , To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet - peal Dies fitfully away . LI Yet ...
Page 154
... cried ) is downe , The rising tide comes on apace , And boats adrift in yonder towne Go sailing uppe the market - place . ' He shook as one that looks on death : ' God save you , mother ! ' straight he saith ; ' Where is my wife ...
... cried ) is downe , The rising tide comes on apace , And boats adrift in yonder towne Go sailing uppe the market - place . ' He shook as one that looks on death : ' God save you , mother ! ' straight he saith ; ' Where is my wife ...
Page 199
... cried ' Silence ! Not even a shriek ! ' And excitedly tingled his bell . There was silence supreme ! Not a shriek , not a scream , Scarcely even a howl or a groan , As the man they called ' Ho ! ' told his story of woe In an ...
... cried ' Silence ! Not even a shriek ! ' And excitedly tingled his bell . There was silence supreme ! Not a shriek , not a scream , Scarcely even a howl or a groan , As the man they called ' Ho ! ' told his story of woe In an ...
Contents
GEORGE DARLEY 17951846 | 1 |
The Wife ALost | 31 |
JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN 18031849 | 40 |
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