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 180
... soon dejected , and too soon elate . Sudden , these honours shall be snatch'd away , And cursed for ever this victorious day . For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd , The berries crackle , and the mill turns round : On ...
... soon dejected , and too soon elate . Sudden , these honours shall be snatch'd away , And cursed for ever this victorious day . For lo ! the board with cups and spoons is crown'd , The berries crackle , and the mill turns round : On ...
Page 206
... soon a smoother road Beneath his well - shod feet , The snorting beast began to trot , Which gall'd him in his seat . So , Fair and softly , John he cried , But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon In spite of curb and ...
... soon a smoother road Beneath his well - shod feet , The snorting beast began to trot , Which gall'd him in his seat . So , Fair and softly , John he cried , But John he cried in vain ; That trot became a gallop soon In spite of curb and ...
Page 478
... Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on , Soon will the musk carnations break and swell , Soon shall we have gold - dusted snapdragon , Sweet - William with his homely cottage - smell , And stocks in fragrant blow ; Roses that down ...
... Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on , Soon will the musk carnations break and swell , Soon shall we have gold - dusted snapdragon , Sweet - William with his homely cottage - smell , And stocks in fragrant blow ; Roses that down ...
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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