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 129
... head , And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed , And daffodillies fill their cups To strew the laureat hearse where Lycid lies . For so to interpose a little ease , with tears , Let our frail ...
... head , And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed , And daffodillies fill their cups To strew the laureat hearse where Lycid lies . For so to interpose a little ease , with tears , Let our frail ...
Page 182
... head ! Philosophy , that leaned on Heaven before , Shrinks to her second cause , and is no more . Physic of metaphysic begs defence , And metaphysic calls for aid on sense ! See mystery to mathematics fly ! In vain ! they gaze , turn ...
... head ! Philosophy , that leaned on Heaven before , Shrinks to her second cause , and is no more . Physic of metaphysic begs defence , And metaphysic calls for aid on sense ! See mystery to mathematics fly ! In vain ! they gaze , turn ...
Page 447
... head combine ! On one head , all the beauty and strength , love and rage ( like the throe That , a - work in the rock , helps its labour and lets the gold go ) High ambition and deeds which surpass it , fame crowning them , -all Brought ...
... head combine ! On one head , all the beauty and strength , love and rage ( like the throe That , a - work in the rock , helps its labour and lets the gold go ) High ambition and deeds which surpass it , fame crowning them , -all Brought ...
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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