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 96
... beauty making beautiful old rime , In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights , Then , in the blazon of sweet beauty's best , Of hand , of foot , of lip , of eye , of brow , I see their antique pen would have express'd Even such a beauty ...
... beauty making beautiful old rime , In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights , Then , in the blazon of sweet beauty's best , Of hand , of foot , of lip , of eye , of brow , I see their antique pen would have express'd Even such a beauty ...
Page 298
... BEAUTY SHE walks in beauty , like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies . One shade ...
... BEAUTY SHE walks in beauty , like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies . One shade ...
Page 364
... BEAUTY A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us , and a sleep Full of sweet dreams , and health , and quiet breathing . Therefore ...
... BEAUTY A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us , and a sleep Full of sweet dreams , and health , and quiet breathing . Therefore ...
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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