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1. Which British poet wrote the following:-
"And age'd thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom."
2. Which poet wrote the following lines?
"I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!
We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee;"
3. This poet is also an author of fiction. Who penned these lines?
"After the burial-parties leave
And the baffled kites have fled;
The wise hyaenas come out at eve
To take account of our dead."
4. An easy one for all who celebrate 25th January.
"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!"
5. Which poet penned the following lines?
"No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows"
6. The following lines were written by which poet?
"Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door,
His name, as I ought to have told you before,
Is really Asparagus. That's such a fuss"
7. Who wrote about man's best friend?
"For years we've had a little dog,
Last year we acquired a big dog;
He wasn't big when we got him,
He was littler than the dog we had."
8. The following lines are taken from a very well-known poem. Who is the poet?
"'Is there anybody there?' said the Traveller,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champ'd the grasses
Of the forest's ferny floor"
9. The poet who wrote the following lines is, perhaps, more famous as a novelist:
"The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart."
10. Which 'William' wrote the following?
"Tyger, tyger burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
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