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 64
... sweet spirit and holesome smell . More sweet and holesome , then the pleasaunt hill Of Rhodope , on which the Nimphe , that bore A gyaunt babe , her selfe for griefe did kill ; Or the Thessalian Tempe , where of yore Faire Daphne ...
... sweet spirit and holesome smell . More sweet and holesome , then the pleasaunt hill Of Rhodope , on which the Nimphe , that bore A gyaunt babe , her selfe for griefe did kill ; Or the Thessalian Tempe , where of yore Faire Daphne ...
Page 161
... Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain . CHORUS Bacchus ' blessings are a treasure , Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure , Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain . Soothed with the sound the king ...
... Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain . CHORUS Bacchus ' blessings are a treasure , Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure , Sweet the pleasure , Sweet is pleasure after pain . Soothed with the sound the king ...
Page 286
... sweet and potent voice , of its own birth , Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! O pure of heart ! thou need'st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be ! What , and wherein it doth exist , This light , this glory ...
... sweet and potent voice , of its own birth , Of all sweet sounds the life and element ! O pure of heart ! thou need'st not ask of me What this strong music in the soul may be ! What , and wherein it doth exist , This light , this glory ...
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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