The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Darley to HeaneyJohn Wain Oxford University Press, 1986 - 476 pages |
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... wall was round us both , Two outcast men we were : The world had thrust us from its heart , And God from out His care : And the iron gin that waits for Sin Had caught us in its snare . 3 In Debtor's Yard the stones are hard , And the ...
... wall was round us both , Two outcast men we were : The world had thrust us from its heart , And God from out His care : And the iron gin that waits for Sin Had caught us in its snare . 3 In Debtor's Yard the stones are hard , And the ...
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... wall , To tell the men who tramp the yard That God's Son died for all . Yet though the hideous prison - wall Still hems him round and round , And a spirit may not walk by night That is with fetters bound , And a spirit may but weep that ...
... wall , To tell the men who tramp the yard That God's Son died for all . Yet though the hideous prison - wall Still hems him round and round , And a spirit may not walk by night That is with fetters bound , And a spirit may but weep that ...
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... wall . Aged eye ! This without heart - head - nerve lens Which saw the first and earth - centering jewel Spark upon darkness , behemoth bulk and lumber Out of the instant flash , and man's hand Hoist him upright , still hangs clear and ...
... wall . Aged eye ! This without heart - head - nerve lens Which saw the first and earth - centering jewel Spark upon darkness , behemoth bulk and lumber Out of the instant flash , and man's hand Hoist him upright , still hangs clear and ...
Contents
GEORGE DARLEY 17951846 | 1 |
The Wife ALost | 31 |
JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN 18031849 | 40 |
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