Modern American Poetry, Modern British Poetry: A Critical AnthologyLouis Untermeyer Anthology of poetry from the major American poets, includes brief biographies and a list of other poets. |
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... bird of fire ? in what packed hedge of rose ? in what roofed ledge of flower ? no other creature knows what magic lurks within , what magic lurks within . Bird , bird , bird , bird , we cry , hear , pity us in pain ; hearts break in the ...
... bird of fire ? in what packed hedge of rose ? in what roofed ledge of flower ? no other creature knows what magic lurks within , what magic lurks within . Bird , bird , bird , bird , we cry , hear , pity us in pain ; hearts break in the ...
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... BIRD In autumn pastures where a bird had flown I sought behind the curtains of the wind . It wasn't any bird that I had known . I followed it to leave my heart alone . What bird it was it swiftly interlined The meadow fence , and lo ...
... BIRD In autumn pastures where a bird had flown I sought behind the curtains of the wind . It wasn't any bird that I had known . I followed it to leave my heart alone . What bird it was it swiftly interlined The meadow fence , and lo ...
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... bird to christen him . listen to me , you Tennessee corn , nd listen to my word , This is the first child ever born That was christened by a bird . He's going to act like a hound let loose When he comes from the blackjack tree , And ...
... bird to christen him . listen to me , you Tennessee corn , nd listen to my word , This is the first child ever born That was christened by a bird . He's going to act like a hound let loose When he comes from the blackjack tree , And ...
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American beauty bird blood blue boomlay born breath brother brown clouds color Conrad Aiken dark dead death dream E. E. Cummings earth Elinor Wylie Emily Dickinson eyes face feet flower free verse Frost golden grass gray hand hear heard heart heaven hills Horace Gregory Imagist John Gould Fletcher knew later laugh leaves Leaves of Grass Léonie Adams light lilac living look lover Masters Miss moon mother Negro never night pass poems poet poetry prose rhyme Robert Frost Robinson Sandburg sang shining silence singing sleep smile snow song sonnets soul spirit spring stars stone strong sweet tell thee things thou thought trees turned verse Vincent Millay voice volume walk wall West-Running Brook Whitman wild William Rose Benét wind woods word wrote