The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Darley to HeaneyJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 476 pages |
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John Wain. XXXIII Then to the rolling Heaven itself I cried , Asking , ' What Lamp had Destiny to guide ' Her little Children stumbling in the Dark ? ' And - A blind Understanding ! ' Heaven replied . XXXIV Then to this earthen Bowl did ...
John Wain. XXXIII Then to the rolling Heaven itself I cried , Asking , ' What Lamp had Destiny to guide ' Her little Children stumbling in the Dark ? ' And - A blind Understanding ! ' Heaven replied . XXXIV Then to this earthen Bowl did ...
Page 143
... Heaven the old Goths had made a cleaner sweep of it ! Would to Heaven some new ones would come and destroy these churches ! However , one can live in Rome as also in London . Rome is better than London , because it is other than London ...
... Heaven the old Goths had made a cleaner sweep of it ! Would to Heaven some new ones would come and destroy these churches ! However , one can live in Rome as also in London . Rome is better than London , because it is other than London ...
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... Heaven she saw Time like a pulse shake fierce Through all the worlds . Her gaze still strove In that steep gulf , to pierce Its path ; and then she spoke as when The stars sang in their spheres . The sun was gone now ; the curled moon ...
... Heaven she saw Time like a pulse shake fierce Through all the worlds . Her gaze still strove In that steep gulf , to pierce Its path ; and then she spoke as when The stars sang in their spheres . The sun was gone now ; the curled moon ...
Contents
GEORGE DARLEY 17951846 | 1 |
The Wife ALost | 31 |
JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN 18031849 | 40 |
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