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 298
... less , Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress , Or softly lightens o'er her face ; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure , how dear their dwelling - place . And on that cheek , and o'er that brow ...
... less , Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress , Or softly lightens o'er her face ; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure , how dear their dwelling - place . And on that cheek , and o'er that brow ...
Page 425
... less able to lift his theme to the height of direct imaginative apprehension , less able to sustain it there . There are intermittent flashes of the old clear vision- ' Fear death ? to feel the fog in my throat ? ' But in the main , the ...
... less able to lift his theme to the height of direct imaginative apprehension , less able to sustain it there . There are intermittent flashes of the old clear vision- ' Fear death ? to feel the fog in my throat ? ' But in the main , the ...
Page 480
... less prompt to meet the morning dew , The heart less bounding at emotion new , And hope , once crush'd , less quick to spring again . And long the way appears , which seem'd so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth ; And ...
... less prompt to meet the morning dew , The heart less bounding at emotion new , And hope , once crush'd , less quick to spring again . And long the way appears , which seem'd so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth ; And ...
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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