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 97
... fear , Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws , And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks , When turtles tread , and rooks , and daws , And maidens bleach their summer smocks , The cuckoo then , on every tree ...
... fear , Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws , And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks , When turtles tread , and rooks , and daws , And maidens bleach their summer smocks , The cuckoo then , on every tree ...
Page 103
... Fear no more the lightning - flash , Nor the all - dreaded thunder - stone ; Fear not slander , censure rash ; Thou hast finish'd joy and moan : All lovers young , all lovers must Consign to thee , and come to dust . No exorciser harm ...
... Fear no more the lightning - flash , Nor the all - dreaded thunder - stone ; Fear not slander , censure rash ; Thou hast finish'd joy and moan : All lovers young , all lovers must Consign to thee , and come to dust . No exorciser harm ...
Page 264
... fear thy skinny hand ! Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him ; but the ancient Ma- riner assureth him of his ... fear thee and thy glittering eye , And thy skinny hand , so brown .'- ' Fear not , fear not , thou Wedding - Guest ...
... fear thy skinny hand ! Guest feareth that a Spirit is talking to him ; but the ancient Ma- riner assureth him of his ... fear thee and thy glittering eye , And thy skinny hand , so brown .'- ' Fear not , fear not , thou Wedding - Guest ...
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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