The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 1989
... dead and gone , What Elysium have ye known , Happy field or mossy cavern , Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern ? Have ye tippled drink more fine Than mine host's Canary wine ? Or are fruits of Paradise Sweeter than those dainty pies Of ...
... dead and gone , What Elysium have ye known , Happy field or mossy cavern , Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern ? Have ye tippled drink more fine Than mine host's Canary wine ? Or are fruits of Paradise Sweeter than those dainty pies Of ...
Page 2015
... dead as the sinner brought to pray A hundred years ago . Where's he that died o ' yesterday ? What better chance hath he To clink the can and toss the pot When this night's junkets be ? For the lad that died o ' yesterday Is just as dead ...
... dead as the sinner brought to pray A hundred years ago . Where's he that died o ' yesterday ? What better chance hath he To clink the can and toss the pot When this night's junkets be ? For the lad that died o ' yesterday Is just as dead ...
Page 2069
... dead ; The Ahkoond is dead ! For the Ahkoond I mourn , Who wouldn't ? He strove to disregard the message stern , But he Ahkoodn't . Dead , dead , dead ; ( Sorrow , Swats ! ) Swats wha hae wi ' Ahkoond bled , Swats whom he hath often led ...
... dead ; The Ahkoond is dead ! For the Ahkoond I mourn , Who wouldn't ? He strove to disregard the message stern , But he Ahkoodn't . Dead , dead , dead ; ( Sorrow , Swats ! ) Swats wha hae wi ' Ahkoond bled , Swats whom he hath often led ...
Page 2150
... dead by her veil ( which she happened to know ) , She guessed in a moment , the cause of his erring , And , seizing the knife , that had taken his life , In less than a jiffy was dead as a herring ! MORAL Young gentlemen : Pray ...
... dead by her veil ( which she happened to know ) , She guessed in a moment , the cause of his erring , And , seizing the knife , that had taken his life , In less than a jiffy was dead as a herring ! MORAL Young gentlemen : Pray ...
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... dead lips send ! O wasted dust ! O senseless clay ! Is this the end ? Is this the end ? Peace , peace ! we wrong the noble dead To vex their solemn slumber so ; Though childless , and with thorn - crowned head , Up the steep road must ...
... dead lips send ! O wasted dust ! O senseless clay ! Is this the end ? Is this the end ? Peace , peace ! we wrong the noble dead To vex their solemn slumber so ; Though childless , and with thorn - crowned head , Up the steep road must ...
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