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 195
... thought - since all agree- A thought I have it - let me see—- pitch - kettled ] non - plussed ' Tis gone again - plague on't ! I thought 195 WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM COWPER By J R SUTHERLAND An Epistle to Robert Lloyd,
... thought - since all agree- A thought I have it - let me see—- pitch - kettled ] non - plussed ' Tis gone again - plague on't ! I thought 195 WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM COWPER By J R SUTHERLAND An Epistle to Robert Lloyd,
Page 241
... THOUGHT OF THAT THE FLOOD It is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom , which , to the open sea Of the world's praise , from dark antiquity Hath flowed , ' with pomp of waters , unwithstood , ' Roused though it be full ...
... THOUGHT OF THAT THE FLOOD It is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom , which , to the open sea Of the world's praise , from dark antiquity Hath flowed , ' with pomp of waters , unwithstood , ' Roused though it be full ...
Page 300
... thought , and dried - up tears , Which , ebbing , leave a sterile track behind , O'er which all heavily the journeying years Plod the last sands of life , -where not a flower appears . Since my young days of passion - joy , or pain ...
... thought , and dried - up tears , Which , ebbing , leave a sterile track behind , O'er which all heavily the journeying years Plod the last sands of life , -where not a flower appears . Since my young days of passion - joy , or pain ...
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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