Fifteen Poets: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare [and Others] ...Clarendon Press, 1941 - 503 pages Selections of the best work of the masters of English poetry from Chaucer to Arnold. Each group of selections is preceded by short essays of appreciation and summaries of the poets' lives. |
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Page 88
... Lady Macbeth . I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry . Did not you speak ? Macbeth . When ? Lady Macbeth . Now . Macbeth . As I descended ? Lady Macbeth . Ay . Macbeth . Hark ! Who lies i ' the second chamber ? Lady Macbeth ...
... Lady Macbeth . I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry . Did not you speak ? Macbeth . When ? Lady Macbeth . Now . Macbeth . As I descended ? Lady Macbeth . Ay . Macbeth . Hark ! Who lies i ' the second chamber ? Lady Macbeth ...
Page 89
... Lady Macbeth . Infirm of purpose ! Give me the daggers . The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures ; ' tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil . If he do bleed , I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal ; For it must ...
... Lady Macbeth . Infirm of purpose ! Give me the daggers . The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures ; ' tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil . If he do bleed , I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal ; For it must ...
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... lady stood upright : She was most beautiful to see , Like a lady of a far countrée . And thus the lofty lady spake— ' All they who live in the upper sky , Do love you , holy Christabel ! And you love them , and for their sake And for ...
... lady stood upright : She was most beautiful to see , Like a lady of a far countrée . And thus the lofty lady spake— ' All they who live in the upper sky , Do love you , holy Christabel ! And you love them , and for their sake And for ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER By H S BENNETT | 8 |
The Dream | 33 |
The Fight of the Red Cross Knight and the Heathen | 54 |
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