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 102
... wind and the rain ; By swaggering could I never thrive , For the rain it raineth every day . But when I came unto my beds , With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ; With toss - pots still had drunken heads , For the rain it raineth every ...
... wind and the rain ; By swaggering could I never thrive , For the rain it raineth every day . But when I came unto my beds , With hey , ho , the wind and the rain ; With toss - pots still had drunken heads , For the rain it raineth every ...
Page 278
... wind that moaneth bleak ? There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek- There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf , the last of its clan , That dances as often as dance it can ...
... wind that moaneth bleak ? There is not wind enough in the air To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek- There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf , the last of its clan , That dances as often as dance it can ...
Page 461
... wind blows coldly ; Lights shine in the town . She will start from her slumber When gusts shake the door ; She will hear the winds howling , Will hear the waves roar . We shall see , while above us The waves roar and whirl , A ceiling ...
... wind blows coldly ; Lights shine in the town . She will start from her slumber When gusts shake the door ; She will hear the winds howling , Will hear the waves roar . We shall see , while above us The waves roar and whirl , A ceiling ...
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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