The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Darley to HeaneyJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 476 pages |
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... Tell how this Nameless , condemned for years long To herd with demons from hell beneath , Saw things that made him , with groans and tears , long For even death . Go on to tell how , with genius wasted , Betrayed in friendship ...
... Tell how this Nameless , condemned for years long To herd with demons from hell beneath , Saw things that made him , with groans and tears , long For even death . Go on to tell how , with genius wasted , Betrayed in friendship ...
Page 380
... Tell me more quickly what I lost by this , Or tell me with less drama what they miss Who call no die a god for a good throw , Who say after two aliens had one kiss It seemed the best thing to be up and go . But as to risings , I can tell ...
... Tell me more quickly what I lost by this , Or tell me with less drama what they miss Who call no die a god for a good throw , Who say after two aliens had one kiss It seemed the best thing to be up and go . But as to risings , I can tell ...
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... tell a weather's wind How time has ticked a heaven round the stars . And I am dumb to tell my lover's tomb How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm . Especially when the October wind ESPECIALLY when the October wind With frosty ...
... tell a weather's wind How time has ticked a heaven round the stars . And I am dumb to tell my lover's tomb How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm . Especially when the October wind ESPECIALLY when the October wind With frosty ...
Contents
GEORGE DARLEY 17951846 | 1 |
The Wife ALost | 31 |
JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN 18031849 | 40 |
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