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 86
... hear Antony call ; I see him rouse himself To praise my noble act ; I hear him mock The luck of Caesar , which the gods give men To excuse their after wrath : husband , I come : Now to that name my courage prove my title ! I am fire ...
... hear Antony call ; I see him rouse himself To praise my noble act ; I hear him mock The luck of Caesar , which the gods give men To excuse their after wrath : husband , I come : Now to that name my courage prove my title ! I am fire ...
Page 243
... hear the Echoes through the mountains throng , The Winds come to me from the fields of sleep , And all the earth is gay ; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity , And with the heart of May Doth every Beast keep holiday ; - Thou ...
... hear the Echoes through the mountains throng , The Winds come to me from the fields of sleep , And all the earth is gay ; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity , And with the heart of May Doth every Beast keep holiday ; - Thou ...
Page 399
... hear , I hear ; ' And the lily whispers , ' I wait . ' She is coming , my own , my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread , My heart would hear her and beat , Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat , Had I lain ...
... hear , I hear ; ' And the lily whispers , ' I wait . ' She is coming , my own , my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread , My heart would hear her and beat , Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat , Had I lain ...
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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