Poems of Sidney Lanier
The book Poems of Sidney Lanier was written by author Here you can read free online of Poems of Sidney Lanier book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Poems of Sidney Lanier a good or bad book?
Where can I read Poems of Sidney Lanier for free?
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read Poems of Sidney Lanier Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book Poems of Sidney Lanier
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read Poems of Sidney Lanier Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book Poems of Sidney Lanier
What reading level is Poems of Sidney Lanier book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And haul the corn and house the hay, " Till presently, no man can say, (So brown the woods that line that end) If yet the brown-fleeced Wether may, Or not, have passed beyond the Bend.
" Now turn I towards the Shepherd : lo, An aged Ram, flapp'd, gnarly-horn'd, With bones that crackle o'er the snow, Rheum'd, wind-gall'd, rag-fleec'd, burr'd and thorn'd, " Time takes the third bar off for him, He totters down the windy lane.
'Tis Winter, still : the Bend lies dim.
O Lamb, would thou wouldst leap... again 1" l62 THE, HARD TIMES IN ELFLAND, Those seasons out, we talked of these : And I (with inward purpose sly To shield my purse from Christmas trees And stockings and wild robbery When Hal and Nimblewits invade My cash in Santa Claus's name) In full the hard, hard times surveyed ; Denounced all waste as crime and shame ; Hinted that " waste " might be a term Including skates, velocipedes, Kites, marbles, soldiers, towers infirm, Bows, arrows, cannon, Indian reeds.
Cap-pistols, drums, mechanic toys, And all th' infernal host of horns Whereby to strenuous hells of noise Are turned the blessed Christmas morns •, Thus, roused — those horns I — to sacred rage, I rose, forefinger high in air, When Harry cried (some war to wage), " Papa, is hard times ev'ywhere ?
What to read after Poems of Sidney Lanier?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lanier Sidney to read onlineMoreLess
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And haul the corn and house the hay, " Till presently, no man can say, (So brown the woods that line that end) If yet the brown-fleeced Wether may, Or not, have passed beyond the Bend.
" Now turn I towards the Shepherd : lo, An aged Ram, flapp'd, gnarly-horn'd, With bones that crackle o'er the snow, Rheum'd, wind-gall'd, rag-fleec'd, burr'd and thorn'd, " Time takes the third bar off for him, He totters down the windy lane.
'Tis Winter, still : the Bend lies dim.
O Lamb, would thou wouldst leap... again 1" l62 THE, HARD TIMES IN ELFLAND, Those seasons out, we talked of these : And I (with inward purpose sly To shield my purse from Christmas trees And stockings and wild robbery When Hal and Nimblewits invade My cash in Santa Claus's name) In full the hard, hard times surveyed ; Denounced all waste as crime and shame ; Hinted that " waste " might be a term Including skates, velocipedes, Kites, marbles, soldiers, towers infirm, Bows, arrows, cannon, Indian reeds.
Cap-pistols, drums, mechanic toys, And all th' infernal host of horns Whereby to strenuous hells of noise Are turned the blessed Christmas morns •, Thus, roused — those horns I — to sacred rage, I rose, forefinger high in air, When Harry cried (some war to wage), " Papa, is hard times ev'ywhere ?
What to read after Poems of Sidney Lanier?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lanier Sidney to read onlineMoreLess
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
7 / 10
User Reviews: