The London Book of English VerseEyre & Spottiswoode, 1949 - 874 pages |
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Page 89
... breath ? She hath robbed nature of her skill , And comforts all things with her breath . Why slide these brooks so slow away , As swift as the wild roe that were ? O muse not shepherd that they stay , When they her heavenly voice do ...
... breath ? She hath robbed nature of her skill , And comforts all things with her breath . Why slide these brooks so slow away , As swift as the wild roe that were ? O muse not shepherd that they stay , When they her heavenly voice do ...
Page 93
... breath as hushed as lover's sigh ; Or that unfolds the morning door : Sweet , as the winds , that gently fly , To sweep the Spring's enamell'd floor . Murmur soft music to her dreams , That pure , and unpolluted run , Like to the new ...
... breath as hushed as lover's sigh ; Or that unfolds the morning door : Sweet , as the winds , that gently fly , To sweep the Spring's enamell'd floor . Murmur soft music to her dreams , That pure , and unpolluted run , Like to the new ...
Page 202
... breath , And stars to set - but all , Thou hast all seasons for thine own , O Death ! We know when moons shall wane , When summer birds from far shall cross the sea , When autumn's hue shall tinge the golden grain- But vho shall teach ...
... breath , And stars to set - but all , Thou hast all seasons for thine own , O Death ! We know when moons shall wane , When summer birds from far shall cross the sea , When autumn's hue shall tinge the golden grain- But vho shall teach ...
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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beauty BEN JONSON beneath birds breast breath bright clouds dark dead dear death delight doth dream earth EMILY BRONTË eternal ev'ry eyes fair fall fear fire flowers friends glory golden grace grave green grief hair hand happy hast hath head hear heart heaven JOHN DONNE JOHN KEATS JOHN MILTON kiss Lady leaves light live look Lord Love's lovers MICHAEL DRAYTON mind moon morning never night numbers o'er pain PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pleasure Poems rest ROBERT HERRICK rose round SAMUEL DANIEL shade shadows shalt shine sigh sight silent sing sleep smile soft Song Sonnet sorrow soul spirit spring stars sweet tears thee thine things THOMAS THOMAS CAMPION thou art thought thro tree unto voice WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR waves weep wild WILLIAM BLAKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings