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 93
... Look on her , look , her lips , Look there , look there ! Edgar . [ Dies . He faints ! -my lord , my lord ! Kent . Break , heart ; I prithee , break . Edgar . Look up , my lord . Kent . Vex not his ghost : O ! let him pass ; he hates ...
... Look on her , look , her lips , Look there , look there ! Edgar . [ Dies . He faints ! -my lord , my lord ! Kent . Break , heart ; I prithee , break . Edgar . Look up , my lord . Kent . Vex not his ghost : O ! let him pass ; he hates ...
Page 162
... look'd , sigh'd and look'd , Sigh'd and look'd , and sigh'd again : At length , with love and wine at once oppress'd , The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast . CHORUS The prince , unable to conceal his pain , Gazed on the fair Who ...
... look'd , sigh'd and look'd , Sigh'd and look'd , and sigh'd again : At length , with love and wine at once oppress'd , The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast . CHORUS The prince , unable to conceal his pain , Gazed on the fair Who ...
Page 310
... look on Marathon- And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone , I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians ' grave , I could not deem myself a slave . A king sate on the rocky brow Which ...
... look on Marathon- And Marathon looks on the sea ; And musing there an hour alone , I dream'd that Greece might still be free ; For standing on the Persians ' grave , I could not deem myself a slave . A king sate on the rocky brow Which ...
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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