Types of English PoetryRudolf Kirk, Clara Marburg Kirk Macmillan, 1940 - 663 pages |
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... breath of spring runs through On a day - alack the day ! — Love , whose month is ever May , Spied a blossom , passing fair , Playing in the wanton air : Through the velvet leaves the wind , All unseen , gan passage find ; That the lover ...
... breath of spring runs through On a day - alack the day ! — Love , whose month is ever May , Spied a blossom , passing fair , Playing in the wanton air : Through the velvet leaves the wind , All unseen , gan passage find ; That the lover ...
Page 345
... Breath of Morn Sweet is the breath of morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams , on herb , tree , fruit , and flower , Glistring with dew ...
... Breath of Morn Sweet is the breath of morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams , on herb , tree , fruit , and flower , Glistring with dew ...
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... breath can make them , as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry , their country's pride , When once destroyed , can never be supplied . A time there was , ere England's griefs began , When every rood of ground maintained its man ...
... breath can make them , as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry , their country's pride , When once destroyed , can never be supplied . A time there was , ere England's griefs began , When every rood of ground maintained its man ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
INTRODUCTION TO NARRATIVE POETRY | 38 |
EDMUND SPENSER | 42 |
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