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 210
... pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit . And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll - men thinking , as before , That Gilpin rode a race . And so he did - and won it too ! - For he got first to town ; Nor ...
... pass'd that way Did join in the pursuit . And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll - men thinking , as before , That Gilpin rode a race . And so he did - and won it too ! - For he got first to town ; Nor ...
Page 281
... Pass as lightly as you will ! The brands were flat , the brands were dying , Amid their own white ashes lying ; But when the lady passed , there came A tongue of light , a fit of flame ; And Christabel saw the lady's eye , And nothing ...
... Pass as lightly as you will ! The brands were flat , the brands were dying , Amid their own white ashes lying ; But when the lady passed , there came A tongue of light , a fit of flame ; And Christabel saw the lady's eye , And nothing ...
Page 375
... pass'd ; and all the air Is emptied of thine hoary majesty . Thy thunder , conscious of the new command , Rumbles reluctant o'er our fallen house ; And thy sharp lightning in unpractis'd hands Scorches and burns our once serene domain ...
... pass'd ; and all the air Is emptied of thine hoary majesty . Thy thunder , conscious of the new command , Rumbles reluctant o'er our fallen house ; And thy sharp lightning in unpractis'd hands Scorches and burns our once serene domain ...
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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