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An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Shewing the Main Stream of English ... - Page 706
by Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1011 pages
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The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats - 1863 - 370 pages
...upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy ! Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! No hungry...Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back ffom thee to my sole self! Adieu ! the fancy cannot cheat so well As she is famed to do, deceiving...
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"Under Green Leaves.": A Book of Rural Poems

Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 116 pages
...child, Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take .into...amid the alien corn : The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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Evenings in Arcadia

John Dennis - 1865 - 344 pages
...contains one stanza of pre-eminent beauty : — " Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird ! Ho hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Chann'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." But this exquisite...
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Beauties of Modern British Poetry: Systematically Arranged ...

David Grant - 1865 - 428 pages
...for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing njght was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in fairy lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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Evenings in Arcadia

John Dennis - 1865 - 340 pages
...tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and down : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through...hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." But this exquisite ode is not a rural poem ; and it would be...
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Spring-time with the poets, poetry selected and arranged by F. Martin

Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...summer eves. Darkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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The Standard Poetry Book, Selected from the Best Authors

Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was iftard In ancient days by emperor and clown; Perhaps the...hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. VIII. Forlorn! the very word is like a bell Adieu! the fancy...
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Gems of English poetry from Chaucer to the present times, selected and ...

Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves. * * * » Thou wert not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry generations...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Oharm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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The Playground and the Parlour: A Handbook of Boys' Games, Sports, and ...

Alfred Elliott - 1868 - 358 pages
...melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, Singest of summer in full-throated ease. "Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird ! No hungry...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn." The Nightingale...
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Favourite English poems and poets

English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...eves. ] )arkling I listen ; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Called him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into...amid the alien corn ; The same that oft-times hath Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. Forlorn ! the...
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