Types of English PoetryRudolf Kirk, Clara Marburg Kirk Macmillan, 1940 - 663 pages |
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Page 188
... heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy . The dead men could not blast . " I saw a third - I heard his voice : It is the Hermit good ! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes in the wood . He'll shrieve my soul ...
... heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy . The dead men could not blast . " I saw a third - I heard his voice : It is the Hermit good ! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes in the wood . He'll shrieve my soul ...
Page 241
... heard that cry , and quaked for fear , And Oxus curdled as it crossed his stream . But Sohrab heard , and quailed not , but rushed on , And struck again ; and again Rustum bowed His head ; but this time all the blade , like glass ...
... heard that cry , and quaked for fear , And Oxus curdled as it crossed his stream . But Sohrab heard , and quailed not , but rushed on , And struck again ; and again Rustum bowed His head ; but this time all the blade , like glass ...
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... heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war ! The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves ; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves . It was a miracle of rare device , A sunny pleasure ...
... heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war ! The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves ; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves . It was a miracle of rare device , A sunny pleasure ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
INTRODUCTION TO NARRATIVE POETRY | 38 |
EDMUND SPENSER | 42 |
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