The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 93
... seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age ; When sometime lofty towers I see down - razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the ...
... seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age ; When sometime lofty towers I see down - razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the ...
Page 343
... seen On the darkening green . THE SHEPHERD How sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot ! From the morn to the evening he strays ; He shall follow his sheep all the day , And his tongue shall be filled with praise . For he hears the lamb's ...
... seen On the darkening green . THE SHEPHERD How sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot ! From the morn to the evening he strays ; He shall follow his sheep all the day , And his tongue shall be filled with praise . For he hears the lamb's ...
Page 572
... seen to stray , Seen by rare glimpses , pensive and tongue - tied , In hat of antique shape , and cloak of grey , The same the gipsies wore . Shepherds had met him on the Hurst in spring ; At some lone alehouse in the Berkshire moors ...
... seen to stray , Seen by rare glimpses , pensive and tongue - tied , In hat of antique shape , and cloak of grey , The same the gipsies wore . Shepherds had met him on the Hurst in spring ; At some lone alehouse in the Berkshire moors ...
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