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... hear . How the chimney - sweeper's cry Every black'ning church appalls ; And the hapless soldier's sigh Runs in blood down palace walls . But most through midnight streets I hear How the youthful harlot's curse Blasts the new - born ...
... hear . How the chimney - sweeper's cry Every black'ning church appalls ; And the hapless soldier's sigh Runs in blood down palace walls . But most through midnight streets I hear How the youthful harlot's curse Blasts the new - born ...
Page 268
... hear , my darling , hear the soft Night walk . A. ' Peace , be at peace , O thou my heaviness ' Peace , be at peace , O thou my heaviness , Thou callèdst for the evening , lo ! ' tis here , The City wears a somber atmosphere That brings ...
... hear , my darling , hear the soft Night walk . A. ' Peace , be at peace , O thou my heaviness ' Peace , be at peace , O thou my heaviness , Thou callèdst for the evening , lo ! ' tis here , The City wears a somber atmosphere That brings ...
Page 369
... hear , I hear , with joy I hear ! But there's a Tree , of many , one , A single Field which I have looked upon , Both of them speak of something that is gone : The Pansy at my feet Doth the same tale repeat : Whither is fled the ...
... hear , I hear , with joy I hear ! But there's a Tree , of many , one , A single Field which I have looked upon , Both of them speak of something that is gone : The Pansy at my feet Doth the same tale repeat : Whither is fled the ...
Common terms and phrases
A. E. HOUSMAN alliteration aloud attitude ballad beauty bird Blake breath called child connotations dark dead dear death diction doth E. E. Cummings earth Eliot Emily Dickinson English eyes face feel figures of speech flowers GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS green hand hath hear heart heaven Hurroo iambic iambic pentameter J. V. CUNNINGHAM John Johnny kind leaves light live look Lord meaning metaphor meter Milton mind moon mother myth never night o'er paraphrase pattern pleasure poem's poet poet's poetry prose QUESTIONS reader reading reprinted rhythm rime Robert Frost Robert Lowell simile sing sleep song sonnet soul sound speaker stanza star stress suggests sweet syllables symbol T. S. Eliot tell thee theme things Thomas thou thought tone tree verse W. H. Auden WILLIAM WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS wind words Wordsworth Yeats