Roofs of Gold, Poems to Read AloudPadraic Colum Macmillan, 1964 - 179 pages An anthology of poems chosen for their striking imagery, picturesqueness, action and humor. |
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... piping loud ; The wind is piping loud , my boys , The lightning flashes free- While the hollow oak our palace is , Our heritage the sea . Lord Ullin's Daughter THOMAS CAMPBELL A Chieftain , to the [ 49 ]
... piping loud ; The wind is piping loud , my boys , The lightning flashes free- While the hollow oak our palace is , Our heritage the sea . Lord Ullin's Daughter THOMAS CAMPBELL A Chieftain , to the [ 49 ]
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Padraic Colum. The Piper WILLIAM BLAKE Piping down the valleys wild , Piping songs of pleasant glee , On a cloud I saw a child , And he laughing said to me : " Pipe a song about a Lamb ! " So I piped with merry cheer . " Piper , pipe ...
Padraic Colum. The Piper WILLIAM BLAKE Piping down the valleys wild , Piping songs of pleasant glee , On a cloud I saw a child , And he laughing said to me : " Pipe a song about a Lamb ! " So I piped with merry cheer . " Piper , pipe ...
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... pipe was always going out , And then he'd have to search about In all his pockets , and he'd mow -O , deary me ! and , musha now ! - And then he'd light his pipe , and then He'd let it go clean out again . He couldn't dance or jump or ...
... pipe was always going out , And then he'd have to search about In all his pockets , and he'd mow -O , deary me ! and , musha now ! - And then he'd light his pipe , and then He'd let it go clean out again . He couldn't dance or jump or ...
Contents
Introduction by PADRAIC COLUM | 3 |
The Isles of Greece GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON | 14 |
The Harp That Once Through Taras Halls | 20 |
Copyright | |
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A. E. HOUSMAN Alexander Selkirk Annabel Lee ballad Barmacides battle beautiful Annabel Lee Bells of Shandon bird blow bright bugle Burial of Sir Captain chamber door cloud Collected Poems dance dark dead deep doth dream dying echoes fear Felix Randal flew FRANCIS MAHONY galloped Gilpin golden green Growltiger hair hand hath hear heard heart heaven horse JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN JAMES STEPHENS King land light long thoughts look LORD loud mist moon morning Muriel Rukeyser ne'er never night o'er PADRAIC COLUM Persian pipe poet Quoth Raven round sails Samian wine ship shore Siberia's wastes sighed sing Sir John Moore Sir Patrick Spens sleep snow song soul sound stars stood sweet tell thee THOMAS CAMPBELL thou thoughts of youth tree Twas voice W. B. YEATS waves Wedding-Guest WILLIAM COWPER wind wind's youth are long