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 356
... wild and manna dew , And sure in language strange she said , " I love thee true ! " ' She took me to her elfin grot , And there she wept and sigh'd full sore ; And there I shut her wild , wild eyes With kisses four . ' And there she ...
... wild and manna dew , And sure in language strange she said , " I love thee true ! " ' She took me to her elfin grot , And there she wept and sigh'd full sore ; And there I shut her wild , wild eyes With kisses four . ' And there she ...
Page 401
... wild bells , to the wild sky , The flying cloud , the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out , wild bells , and let him die . Ring out the old , ring in the new , Ring , happy bells , across the snow : The year is ...
... wild bells , to the wild sky , The flying cloud , the frosty light : The year is dying in the night ; Ring out , wild bells , and let him die . Ring out the old , ring in the new , Ring , happy bells , across the snow : The year is ...
Page 458
... wild with pain- Surely she will come again ! Call her once and come away ; This way , this way ! ' Mother dear , we cannot stay ! The wild white horses foam and fret . ' Margaret ! Margaret ! Come , dear children , come away down ; Call ...
... wild with pain- Surely she will come again ! Call her once and come away ; This way , this way ! ' Mother dear , we cannot stay ! The wild white horses foam and fret . ' Margaret ! Margaret ! Come , dear children , come away down ; Call ...
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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