Types of English PoetryRudolf Kirk, Clara Marburg Kirk Macmillan, 1940 - 663 pages |
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... o'er that low strand , And to a hillock came , a little back From the stream's brink - the spot where first a boat , Crossing the stream in summer , scrapes the land . The men of former times had crowned the top With a clay fort ; but ...
... o'er that low strand , And to a hillock came , a little back From the stream's brink - the spot where first a boat , Crossing the stream in summer , scrapes the land . The men of former times had crowned the top With a clay fort ; but ...
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... O'er moor and fen , o'er crag and torrent , till The night is gone ; And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile . ALFRED , LORD TENNYSON Break , Break , Break Break , break , break , On thy ...
... O'er moor and fen , o'er crag and torrent , till The night is gone ; And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile . ALFRED , LORD TENNYSON Break , Break , Break Break , break , break , On thy ...
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... o'er with snow , and then demands The fruit of all his toil . The fowls of heaven , Tamed by the cruel season , crowd around The winnowing store , and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them . One alone , The redbreast ...
... o'er with snow , and then demands The fruit of all his toil . The fowls of heaven , Tamed by the cruel season , crowd around The winnowing store , and claim the little boon Which Providence assigns them . One alone , The redbreast ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
INTRODUCTION TO NARRATIVE POETRY | 38 |
EDMUND SPENSER | 42 |
Copyright | |
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