The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 2223
... stars the earth , And lights the hearths of happy homes With loveliness and worth . We thought they slept ! -the sons who kept . The names of noble sires , -- And slumbered while the darkness crept Around their vigil - fires ; But aye ...
... stars the earth , And lights the hearths of happy homes With loveliness and worth . We thought they slept ! -the sons who kept . The names of noble sires , -- And slumbered while the darkness crept Around their vigil - fires ; But aye ...
Page 2279
... stars in the blue sky , the helmets are glancing . Their ladders are planting , their sabres are sweeping ; Now swords from our sheaths by the thousand are leaping ; Like the flash of the levin , ere men hearken thunder , Swords gleam ...
... stars in the blue sky , the helmets are glancing . Their ladders are planting , their sabres are sweeping ; Now swords from our sheaths by the thousand are leaping ; Like the flash of the levin , ere men hearken thunder , Swords gleam ...
Page 2316
... stars , Roll the drum and fire the volley ! What to him are all our wars , What but death - bemocking folly ? Lay him low , lay him low , In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know : Lay him low ! Leave him to God's ...
... stars , Roll the drum and fire the volley ! What to him are all our wars , What but death - bemocking folly ? Lay him low , lay him low , In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know : Lay him low ! Leave him to God's ...
Page 2326
... stars go down , Your star is steady over Oxford Town . Unknown POEMS OF HISTORY THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB [ 710 B. 2326 " How Sleep the Brave "
... stars go down , Your star is steady over Oxford Town . Unknown POEMS OF HISTORY THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB [ 710 B. 2326 " How Sleep the Brave "
Page 2379
... stars came out far over the summer sea , But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty - three , Ship after ship , the whole night long , their high - built galleons came , Ship after ship , the whole night long , drew ...
... stars came out far over the summer sea , But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty - three , Ship after ship , the whole night long , their high - built galleons came , Ship after ship , the whole night long , drew ...
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Alfred Tennyson battle beneath blood blow blue Bonnie Dundee bonny boys brave breath cheer Clinton Scollard Cremona cried Danny Deever dark dark Rosaleen dead dear death deep doth dream drink dust earth England eyes face fair father fear fell fight flame frae George Gordon Byron glory grave gray green Gunga Din hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry Wadsworth Longfellow hill Judas Iscariot King kiss lady land Lars Porsena light lips live looked Lord loud merry moon morning mother ne'er never night o'er Osawatomie pray ride ring roar rose round sail Samian wine ship shore sing sleep smile song soul sound stars stood sweet sword tears tell thee There's thine things thou turned Twas voice waves wild wind wine young young Beichan