The Golden Journey: Poems for Young PeopleLouise Bogan, William Jay Smith Reilly & Lee, 1965 - 275 pages "Fresh, delightful, and perennially new" poems written in English but in many distant lands and selected for the enjoyment of discriminating readers by two outstanding poets. Selections range from Rabindranath Tagore to Dylan Thomas, Gerard Manley Hopkins to Elinor Wylie. |
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Page 55
... fled from the childless land . Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means , Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea . DYLAN THOMAS THE GOAT PATHS I The crooked paths Go every way 55.
... fled from the childless land . Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means , Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea . DYLAN THOMAS THE GOAT PATHS I The crooked paths Go every way 55.
Page 87
... mated . No one of them was capable of lying , There was not one which knew that it was dying Or could have with a rhythm or a rhyme Assumed responsibility for time . Let them leave language to their lonely betters Who count 87.
... mated . No one of them was capable of lying , There was not one which knew that it was dying Or could have with a rhythm or a rhyme Assumed responsibility for time . Let them leave language to their lonely betters Who count 87.
Page 139
... dying , dying , dying , O , hark , O , hear ! how thin and clear , And thinner , clearer , farther going ! O , sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing ! Blow , let us hear the purple glens replying , Blow ...
... dying , dying , dying , O , hark , O , hear ! how thin and clear , And thinner , clearer , farther going ! O , sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing ! Blow , let us hear the purple glens replying , Blow ...
Contents
BIRDS BEASTS AND FLOWERS | 61 |
THEY WENT TO SEA IN A SIEVENonsense Verses | 143 |
ALL THATS PAST | 195 |
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