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 156
... fall , fall , fall , And with a murmuring sound Dash , dash , upon the ground , To gentle slumbers call . ( From The Indian Emperor . ) TO MY DEAR FRIEND , MR . CONGREVE ON HIS COMEDY CALLED ' THE DOUBLE - DEALER ' WELL then , the ...
... fall , fall , fall , And with a murmuring sound Dash , dash , upon the ground , To gentle slumbers call . ( From The Indian Emperor . ) TO MY DEAR FRIEND , MR . CONGREVE ON HIS COMEDY CALLED ' THE DOUBLE - DEALER ' WELL then , the ...
Page 402
... falls . THE LOTOS - EATERS ' COURAGE ! ' he said , and pointed toward the land , " This mounting wave will roll us ... fall did seem . A land of streams ! some , like a downward smoke , Slow - dropping veils of thinnest lawn , did go ...
... falls . THE LOTOS - EATERS ' COURAGE ! ' he said , and pointed toward the land , " This mounting wave will roll us ... fall did seem . A land of streams ! some , like a downward smoke , Slow - dropping veils of thinnest lawn , did go ...
Page 404
... Falls , and floats adown the air . Lo ! sweeten'd with the summer light , The full - juiced apple , waxing over - mellow ... fall and cease : Give us long rest or death , dark death , or dreamful ease . How sweet it were , hearing the ...
... Falls , and floats adown the air . Lo ! sweeten'd with the summer light , The full - juiced apple , waxing over - mellow ... fall and cease : Give us long rest or death , dark death , or dreamful ease . How sweet it were , hearing the ...
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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