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, ...
INot mine, not mine the hand to sweep the stringsWith note triumphal, on this hallowed day.I am no prophet to ...
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: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: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:The King was in the parlor, counting out his money:The Queen was in the kitchen, eating bread and honey:The Maid ...
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:As I was going to Saint IvesI met seven wives.Every wife had seven sacks;Every sack had seven cats;Every cat had ...
Argument:Three wise men of GothamWent to sea in a bowl;If the bowl had been strongerMy story had been longer.Sir Valence, ...
Argument:"Old King ColeWas a merry old soul,And a merry old soul was he:He called for his pipeAnd he called for ...
Argument:Little Miss MuffetSat on a tuffet,Eating of curds and whey.There came a black spider,Which sat down beside her,And frightened Miss ...
Argument:Hark! hark!The dogs do bark;Beggars are coming to town.Some in rags,And some in tags,And some in velvet gown.The summer brooded ...
Gervase, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, speaks:Ninety long years have I dwelt here, and much have I seen in ...
In far Japan this story oldIs carved in ivory, graved in brass,For jealous Fame, who loves the bold,Lets not the ...
Great honour hath Boston, the city, won of late in a glorious frayWith a handful of Portuguese fishers on that ...
Here is the temple he builded, he, Harold, the bravest of Saxons.Somewhere near it he lies, where once rose the ...
Over the fields and the waters there suddenly swept in mid-AprilSomething that seemed like a breath that was blown from ...
Quickly 'midst these arches grayDies the short November day;Through the nave the shadows march,Muffling column, pier and arch,Filling huge triforiumWith ...
O where is the rhyme that I need?I have cudgeled my brains for a word,Without it I ne'er can proceed,And ...
He reared the minster portal long ago,The "Golden Borough's" chiefest architect,Scooped in its rocky face three caverns deep,Piled 'gainst their ...
Dear city, round whose marshy rim the CharlesPasses his steel-blue sickle in slow glee,And, circling ever, slips at last through ...
Why standest Thou from us afar,O Lord? Why hidest Thy face?In need and sore trouble we are.Why standest Thou from ...
What's the sweetest news in springThat the blithesome swallows bring,When from southern lands they flyThrough our cloudier northern skyAfter frosts ...
Upon the painter's easel standsThe latest picture from his hands.The canvas shows a sunset glowReflected in the lake below,While mountains ...
Where is the spirit of striving that once was so strong in my heart?And where is the lofty devotion that ...
This the end, then, of striving; this is what comes of it all;Darkness and foes just behind one; before, an ...
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