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:"There were three sisters in a hall,There came a knight among them them all;'Good-morrow, aunt,' to the one,'Good-morrow, aunt,' to ...
Argument:Tom, Tom, the piper's son,Stole a pig and away he ran.The pig was eat, and Tom was beatAnd Tom went ...
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:As I was going to Saint IvesI met seven wives.Every wife had seven sacks;Every sack had seven cats;Every cat had ...
Here is the temple he builded, he, Harold, the bravest of Saxons.Somewhere near it he lies, where once rose the ...
Quickly 'midst these arches grayDies the short November day;Through the nave the shadows march,Muffling column, pier and arch,Filling huge triforiumWith ...
This the end, then, of striving; this is what comes of it all;Darkness and foes just behind one; before, an ...
Down the coast of LabradorRode the storm-wind conqueror:In his train the surges roared,From black clouds the torrents poured.Miles on miles ...
Before the gate of storms two dim shapes met:The one was robed in weeds ...
What can drear December sayThat should make our souls rejoice?Fields are white and skies are grey;Winter speaks with sternest voice.Summer's ...
I know, dear friend, your hours are drear and cold;I know your path is harsh with briers and flints;Yet in ...
Turning from Shelley's sculptured face aside,And pacing thoughtfully the silent aislesOf the grey church that overlooks the smilesOf the glad ...
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