The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 138
... breast . But this is not the diet That doth for glory strive ; Poor beauties seek in quiet To keep one heart alive . The price of his ambition , That looks for such a guest Is hopeless of fruition To beat an empty breast . See then my ...
... breast . But this is not the diet That doth for glory strive ; Poor beauties seek in quiet To keep one heart alive . The price of his ambition , That looks for such a guest Is hopeless of fruition To beat an empty breast . See then my ...
Page 368
... breast . Eternal troubles haunt thy anxious mind , Whose cause and cure thou never hop'st to find ; But still uncertain , with thyself at strife , Thou wander'st in the labyrinth of life . O ! if the foolish race of man , who find A ...
... breast . Eternal troubles haunt thy anxious mind , Whose cause and cure thou never hop'st to find ; But still uncertain , with thyself at strife , Thou wander'st in the labyrinth of life . O ! if the foolish race of man , who find A ...
Page 602
... breast was full of fears And disorder : My bent thoughts , like a brittle bow , Die fly asunder : Each took his way ; some would to pleasures go , Some to the wars and thunder Of alarms . As good go any where , they say , As to benumb ...
... breast was full of fears And disorder : My bent thoughts , like a brittle bow , Die fly asunder : Each took his way ; some would to pleasures go , Some to the wars and thunder Of alarms . As good go any where , they say , As to benumb ...
Contents
Geoffrey Chaucer The Prioresss Tale | 12 |
Christopher Marlowe From Hero and Leander | 13 |
William Shakespeare The Courser and the Jennet from | 14 |
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