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 105
... side of doctrine we can detect it in Milton's defence of the will's freedom , in his passionate denial of asceticism , in his belief in the goodness of the flesh , and in his sympathy with the productive forces of nature . He speaks of ...
... side of doctrine we can detect it in Milton's defence of the will's freedom , in his passionate denial of asceticism , in his belief in the goodness of the flesh , and in his sympathy with the productive forces of nature . He speaks of ...
Page 452
... side to her mortal , Side unseen of herdsman , huntsman , steersman- Blank to Zoroaster on his terrace , Blind to Galileo on his turret , Dumb to Homer , dumb to Keats - him , even ! Think , the wonder of the moonstruck mortal- When she ...
... side to her mortal , Side unseen of herdsman , huntsman , steersman- Blank to Zoroaster on his terrace , Blind to Galileo on his turret , Dumb to Homer , dumb to Keats - him , even ! Think , the wonder of the moonstruck mortal- When she ...
Page 453
... sides , one to face the world with , One to show a woman when he loves her ! This I say of me , but think of you , Love ! This to you - yourself my moon of poets ! Ah , but that's the world's side , there's the wonder , Thus they see ...
... sides , one to face the world with , One to show a woman when he loves her ! This I say of me , but think of you , Love ! This to you - yourself my moon of poets ! Ah , but that's the world's side , there's the wonder , Thus they see ...
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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