The Pocket Book of Story PoemsLouis Untermeyer Pocket books, Incorporated, 1945 - 386 pages |
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Page 175
... breath ; The fire of conflict burned within , The battle trembled to begin ; Yet , while the Austrians held their ground , Point for assault was nowhere found ; Where'er the impatient Switzers gazed , The unbroken line of lances blazed ...
... breath ; The fire of conflict burned within , The battle trembled to begin ; Yet , while the Austrians held their ground , Point for assault was nowhere found ; Where'er the impatient Switzers gazed , The unbroken line of lances blazed ...
Page 309
... breath Of something there unknown , which men call death . Meanwhile the Angel stayed without , and cried , " Come back ! " To which the Rabbi's voice replied , " No ! in the name of God , whom I adore , I swear that hence I will depart ...
... breath Of something there unknown , which men call death . Meanwhile the Angel stayed without , and cried , " Come back ! " To which the Rabbi's voice replied , " No ! in the name of God , whom I adore , I swear that hence I will depart ...
Page 360
... breath of the burnin ' boat Jim Bludso's voice was heard , An ' they all had trust in his cussedness ; And knowed he would keep his word . And , sure's you're born , they all got off Afore the smokestack fell , - And Bludso's ghost went ...
... breath of the burnin ' boat Jim Bludso's voice was heard , An ' they all had trust in his cussedness ; And knowed he would keep his word . And , sure's you're born , they all got off Afore the smokestack fell , - And Bludso's ghost went ...
Contents
Introduction Louis Untermeyer iii | 1 |
Ballad of East and West Rudyard Kipling 1695 | 9 |
Hervé Riel Robert Browning | 16 |
Copyright | |
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