The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Darley to HeaneyJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 476 pages |
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... sing , He pecks his swelling breast and neck , and trims his little wing , He will not fly ; he knows full well , while chirping on that spray , I would not harm him for a world , or interrupt his lay ; Sing on , sing on , blithe bird ...
... sing , He pecks his swelling breast and neck , and trims his little wing , He will not fly ; he knows full well , while chirping on that spray , I would not harm him for a world , or interrupt his lay ; Sing on , sing on , blithe bird ...
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... sing To lords and ladies of Byzantium Of what is past , or passing , or to come . A Prayer for My Son BID a strong ghost stand at the head That my Michael may sleep sound , Nor cry , nor turn in the bed Till his morning meal come round ...
... sing To lords and ladies of Byzantium Of what is past , or passing , or to come . A Prayer for My Son BID a strong ghost stand at the head That my Michael may sleep sound , Nor cry , nor turn in the bed Till his morning meal come round ...
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... Sing the peasantry , and then Hard - riding country gentlemen , The holiness of monks , and after Porter - drinkers ' randy laughter ; Sing the lords and ladies gay That were beaten into the clay Through seven heroic centuries ; Cast ...
... Sing the peasantry , and then Hard - riding country gentlemen , The holiness of monks , and after Porter - drinkers ' randy laughter ; Sing the lords and ladies gay That were beaten into the clay Through seven heroic centuries ; Cast ...
Contents
GEORGE DARLEY 17951846 | 1 |
The Wife ALost | 31 |
JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN 18031849 | 40 |
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