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 78
... O'er courtiers ' knees , that dream on curtsies straight ; O'er lawyers ' fingers , who straight dream on fees ; O'er ladies ' lips , who straight on kisses dream ; Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues , Because their breaths ...
... O'er courtiers ' knees , that dream on curtsies straight ; O'er lawyers ' fingers , who straight dream on fees ; O'er ladies ' lips , who straight on kisses dream ; Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues , Because their breaths ...
Page 85
... o'er - crows my spirit : I cannot live to hear the news from England , But I do prophesy the election lights On Fortinbras : he has my dying voice ; So tell him , with the occurrents , more and less , Which have solicited - The rest is ...
... o'er - crows my spirit : I cannot live to hear the news from England , But I do prophesy the election lights On Fortinbras : he has my dying voice ; So tell him , with the occurrents , more and less , Which have solicited - The rest is ...
Page 94
... o'er and o'er ! ( The Winter's Tale , Iv . iii . ) CALIBAN Be not afeard : the isle is full of noises , Sounds and sweet airs , that give delight , and hurt not . Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about my ears ; and ...
... o'er and o'er ! ( The Winter's Tale , Iv . iii . ) CALIBAN Be not afeard : the isle is full of noises , Sounds and sweet airs , that give delight , and hurt not . Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about my ears ; 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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