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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... feel , That from thyself it comes , that thou must give , Else never canst receive . The days gone by Return upon me almost from the dawn Of life : the hiding - places of man's power Open ; I would approach them , but they close . I see ...
... feel , That from thyself it comes , that thou must give , Else never canst receive . The days gone by Return upon me almost from the dawn Of life : the hiding - places of man's power Open ; I would approach them , but they close . I see ...
Page 464
... feel ? The cloud of mortal destiny , Others will front it fearlessly- But who , like him , will put it by ? Keep fresh the grass upon his grave O Rotha , with thy living wave ! Sing him thy best ! for few or none Hears thy voice right ...
... feel ? The cloud of mortal destiny , Others will front it fearlessly- But who , like him , will put it by ? Keep fresh the grass upon his grave O Rotha , with thy living wave ! Sing him thy best ! for few or none Hears thy voice right ...
Page 487
... feel our strength- Not our bloom only , but our strength - decay ? Is it to feel each limb Grow stiffer , every function less exact , Each nerve more loosely strung ? Yes , this , and more ; but not , Ah , ' tis not what in youth we ...
... feel our strength- Not our bloom only , but our strength - decay ? Is it to feel each limb Grow stiffer , every function less exact , Each nerve more loosely strung ? Yes , this , and more ; but not , Ah , ' tis not what in youth we ...
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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