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Author: lewis, wyndham
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Lewis, D. B. Wyndham   
1 poems available by this author


ARROW       
First Line: I shot an arrow into the air
Last Line: It fell to earth I know not where. %I lost a lot of arrows that way



Lewis, Dominic Bevan Wyndham    Poet's Biography
Alternate Author Name(s): Shy, Timothy; Lewis, Wyndham
9 poems available by this author


A DOWNLAND CRISIS, SELECTION    Poem Text    
First Line: The ale they drink in giggleswick
Last Line: To brigg and ponder's end.
Subject(s): Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936)


A SHOT AT RANDOM    Poem Text    
First Line: I shot an arrow into the air: / I don't know how it fell or where
Last Line: I found it again in the neck of a friend.
Subject(s): Friendship; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)


BALKAN LYRIC       
First Line: To a woman who had slighted him by refusing to acknowledge the


MAINLY MUSICAL, SELS.       


PASTORAL    Poem Text    
First Line: The lumpish trollop! / let 'er bleed
Last Line: In bristol moll —
Subject(s): Crime & Criminals; Death; Masefield, John (1878-1967); Dead, The


SAPPHICS       
First Line: Equisite torment, dainty mrs. Hargreaves
Last Line: Casting his bowler glumly in the sideboard: %'gimme my dinner'


SARABAND       
First Line: Hog-face! Flap-ear!


SONG OF THE MILITANT ROMANCE       
First Line: Again let me do a lot of extraordinary talking
Last Line: Return with me where I am crying out with the gorilla and the bird!


THE LOST CHORD    Poem Text    
First Line: Seated one day at the organ / I jumped as if I'd been shot
Last Line: The dean, with a nod, said 'okay'.
Subject(s): Procter, Adelaide Anne (1825-1864)