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 286
... Earth- And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice , of its own birth , Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! O pure of heart ! thou need'st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be ! What ...
... Earth- And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice , of its own birth , Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! O pure of heart ! thou need'st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be ! What ...
Page 304
... earth with ruin - his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed , nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage , save his own , When , for a moment , like a drop of rain , He sinks into thy depths with ...
... earth with ruin - his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed , nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage , save his own , When , for a moment , like a drop of rain , He sinks into thy depths with ...
Page 336
... Earth's shadows fly ; Life , like a dome of many - coloured glass , Stains the white radiance of Eternity , Until Death tramples it to fragments . — Die , If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek ! Follow where all is fled ...
... Earth's shadows fly ; Life , like a dome of many - coloured glass , Stains the white radiance of Eternity , Until Death tramples it to fragments . — Die , If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek ! Follow where all is fled ...
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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