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‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.
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A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic ― Exploring the World - James Elroy Flecker
A Rhyme A Dozen ― 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic ― Exploring the World
An Introduction
‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.
Index of Contents
Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson
In the Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu
To the City of Bombay by Rudyard Kipling
In Amsterdam by Eugene Field
To the Nile by John Keats
The Isles of Greece by Lord Byron
Away to Canada by Joshua McCarter Simpson
Sailing to Byzantium by W B Yeats
The Golden Journey to Samarkand by James Elroy Flecker
Sonnet on Approaching Italy by Oscar Wilde
Constantinople by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
El Dorado by Edgar Allan Poe
Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson
Up into the cherry tree
Who should climb but little me?
I held the trunk with both my hands
And looked abroad in foreign lands.
I saw the next door garden lie,
Adorned with flowers, before my eye,
And many
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