A Tale of Tuscany (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
An Old-World tale. Who reads perchanceMay deem it dull or idly told,Preferring latter-day romanceWhere well trained hearts their loves unfold.Tuscany, ...
An Old-World tale. Who reads perchanceMay deem it dull or idly told,Preferring latter-day romanceWhere well trained hearts their loves unfold.Tuscany, ...
Argument:"See, saw, Margery Daw:Sold her bed and lay on straw."The first born son of Lot and Bellicent,Gawain, in far-off days ...
Argument:The man in the wilderness asked meHow many strawberries grow in the sea;And I answered him as I thought good,As ...
Argument:The King of Spades,He kiss'd the maids,Which vex'd the Queen full sore.The Queen of Spades,She beat those maids,And turn'd them ...
Argument:Jack and Gill went up the hillTo draw a pail of water.Jack fell down and broke his crownAnd Gill came ...
Argument:"Mary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?Silver bells and cockle shellsAnd fair maids all in a row."Isolt the White, ...
Argument:The Queen of Hearts,She made some tartsAll on a summer's day;The Knave of Hearts,He stole those tartsAnd carried them away!The ...
Argument:Three wise men of GothamWent to sea in a bowl;If the bowl had been strongerMy story had been longer.Sir Valence, ...
Great honour hath Boston, the city, won of late in a glorious frayWith a handful of Portuguese fishers on that ...
Over the fields and the waters there suddenly swept in mid-AprilSomething that seemed like a breath that was blown from ...
This the end, then, of striving; this is what comes of it all;Darkness and foes just behind one; before, an ...
O which were best, and who would dare to chooseBetween the friend who holds you as his life,Counting all effort ...
To W. M. F.On Truro sands we walked, dear friend,Slow following up that low shore's trend.The crescent moon dipt in ...
Here on your grave as evening falls,Sunk 'mid the turf and daisies,Within these roofless abbey walls,I read a husband's praises,Of ...
1826-1890Death hath no power o'er such as he;The fulness of the life to beShone round him in the life he ...
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